[MOH COS 2024] Enhancing Preventive Health and Aged Care
To keep healthcare cost in check, healthcare capacity adequate, and protect the wellbeing of Singaporeans, MOH will continue to:
✅️ Invest in preventive health through primary care
✅️ Reshape the health habits of our people
✅️ Support seniors to age well in the community
✅️ Strengthen support for families and children
🔗 For more info, visit www.moh.gov.sg/COS2024
To keep healthcare cost in check, healthcare capacity adequate, and protect the wellbeing of Singaporeans, MOH will continue to:
✅️ Invest in preventive health through primary care
✅️ Reshape the health habits of our people
✅️ Support seniors to age well in the community
✅️ Strengthen support for families and children
🔗 For more info, visit www.moh.gov.sg/COS2024
[MOH COS 2024] Delivering Care Beyond Hospitals
To support the growing needs of our ageing population, MOH will continue to:
✅️ Expand our healthcare capacity
✅️ Expand MIC@Home to deliver hospital-level acute care in our patients' homes
✅️ Facilitate the transition to step-down and rehabilitative care
✅️ Encourage care for mental health to take place in community-based settings where appropriate
🔗 For more info, visit www.moh.gov.sg/COS2024
To support the growing needs of our ageing population, MOH will continue to:
✅️ Expand our healthcare capacity
✅️ Expand MIC@Home to deliver hospital-level acute care in our patients' homes
✅️ Facilitate the transition to step-down and rehabilitative care
✅️ Encourage care for mental health to take place in community-based settings where appropriate
🔗 For more info, visit www.moh.gov.sg/COS2024
[National Strategy for Palliative Care]
We are expanding and improving palliative care in Singapore, to enable more people to fulfil their wish to pass on with dignity and comfort.
Our efforts include:
✅️ Increasing palliative care capacity
✅️ Enhanced support measures for home discharge
✅️ Enhanced financing for palliative care
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/palliative-care-update
We are expanding and improving palliative care in Singapore, to enable more people to fulfil their wish to pass on with dignity and comfort.
Our efforts include:
✅️ Increasing palliative care capacity
✅️ Enhanced support measures for home discharge
✅️ Enhanced financing for palliative care
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/palliative-care-update
🚨 From Jan to Mar 2024, more than 2,200 individuals have been caught for possession or use of e-vaporisers.
🤝 The cases were part of an intensified multi-agency effort to enforce against the use of e-vaporisers and protect our population against its harmful effects.
⚖️ MOH will also be reviewing the penalties of e-vaporiser-related offences under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act to ensure continued strong deterrence against such offences.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/vape-enforcement-education
🤝 The cases were part of an intensified multi-agency effort to enforce against the use of e-vaporisers and protect our population against its harmful effects.
⚖️ MOH will also be reviewing the penalties of e-vaporiser-related offences under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act to ensure continued strong deterrence against such offences.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/vape-enforcement-education
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🌙 Here's wishing all our Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya!
🫵 Do you have a passion for healthcare and economics? Join the MOH-ESS Essay Competition 2024!
🎯 This competition, organised by the Ministry of Health and the Economic Society of Singapore, aims to foster thoughtful discourse on the application of health economics to Singapore's healthcare system.
📈 The topic for this year's competition is "Resource Allocation in Singapore's Healthcare System", which is set against the backdrop of an ageing society and rising demand for healthcare.
💡So share with us your ideas on how best to allocate resources in our healthcare system to maximise the benefits of Singaporeans, and stand to win attractive prizes of up to $3,000!
💻 The competition is open to youths aged 18 to 35 living in Singapore, as well as Singaporean youths living abroad. Submit your well-researched essays of no more than 2,500 words by August 13, 2024, 2359 (GMT +8).
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/moh-ess-essay
🎯 This competition, organised by the Ministry of Health and the Economic Society of Singapore, aims to foster thoughtful discourse on the application of health economics to Singapore's healthcare system.
📈 The topic for this year's competition is "Resource Allocation in Singapore's Healthcare System", which is set against the backdrop of an ageing society and rising demand for healthcare.
💡So share with us your ideas on how best to allocate resources in our healthcare system to maximise the benefits of Singaporeans, and stand to win attractive prizes of up to $3,000!
💻 The competition is open to youths aged 18 to 35 living in Singapore, as well as Singaporean youths living abroad. Submit your well-researched essays of no more than 2,500 words by August 13, 2024, 2359 (GMT +8).
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/moh-ess-essay
🦠 COVID-19 cases are on the rise, with 25,900 cases in the week of 5 to 11 May, compared to 13,700 cases in the previous week.
💪 Here are 4 things you can do to practise personal and social responsibility.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/covid-update-may-2024
💪 Here are 4 things you can do to practise personal and social responsibility.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/covid-update-may-2024
🦠 COVID-19 cases are on the rise, with 25,900 cases in the week of 5 to 11 May, compared to 13,700 in the previous week.
🛡 Stay updated with your COVID-19 vaccination to protect yourself and your loved ones against current and emerging strains.
👵🏻 Vaccination is especially important for those who are at greatest risk of severe disease, including individuals aged 60 years and above, medically vulnerable individuals, and residents of aged care facilities.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/covid-update-may-2024
🛡 Stay updated with your COVID-19 vaccination to protect yourself and your loved ones against current and emerging strains.
👵🏻 Vaccination is especially important for those who are at greatest risk of severe disease, including individuals aged 60 years and above, medically vulnerable individuals, and residents of aged care facilities.
🔗 For more info, visit go.gov.sg/covid-update-may-2024