The 2025 Asia-Pacific Health Promotion and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Workshop was held on August 26 and 27 at the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. The focus was on in-depth exchanges on health promotion and cancer screening strategies, with specific reference to colorectal cancer.
The workshop was guided by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, the Collaborating Centers for Health Promotion, the Taiwan Association for Global Health Initiative, with support from the Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes and the Taiwan Public Health Student Association.
The event brought together distinguished speakers from four countries: Dr. Akila Andiappan, deputy director of Health Screening and Management at the Health Promotion Board, Singapore; Dr. Takahiro Higashi, professor of Public Health and Health Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan; Dr. Yumi Oh, division director of the Department of Health Risk Prevention at the Korea Health Promotion Institute; and Dr. Han-Mo Chiu, clinical professor of Internal Medicine at National Taiwan University College of Medicine Department, professor Hsiu-Hsi Chen from the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at National Taiwan University, Director Hung-Yi Chiou and Deputy Director Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu from the National Institute of Population Health Sciences.
Through discussions on national cancer screening strategies and health promotion policies, the workshop fostered cross-national and interdisciplinary dialogues among policymakers, academics, and public health professionals.
Dr. Chiu noted that Taiwan has advocated for wider colorectal cancer screening through systematic planning, medical collaboration, and public education. These three workstreams have successfully increased participation, reduced mortality, and lowered healthcare costs, and will move toward precision screening in the future.
HPA Director-General Shen Ching-fen stated that the event laid a firm foundation for Taiwan to build closer academic and substantive cooperation with Asia-Pacific and New Southbound Policy countries, promoted international collaboration and raised the profile and influence of the country in public health across the Asia-Pacific region. (POC-E)
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The workshop was guided by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, and jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, the Collaborating Centers for Health Promotion, the Taiwan Association for Global Health Initiative, with support from the Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes and the Taiwan Public Health Student Association.
The event brought together distinguished speakers from four countries: Dr. Akila Andiappan, deputy director of Health Screening and Management at the Health Promotion Board, Singapore; Dr. Takahiro Higashi, professor of Public Health and Health Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan; Dr. Yumi Oh, division director of the Department of Health Risk Prevention at the Korea Health Promotion Institute; and Dr. Han-Mo Chiu, clinical professor of Internal Medicine at National Taiwan University College of Medicine Department, professor Hsiu-Hsi Chen from the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at National Taiwan University, Director Hung-Yi Chiou and Deputy Director Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu from the National Institute of Population Health Sciences.
Through discussions on national cancer screening strategies and health promotion policies, the workshop fostered cross-national and interdisciplinary dialogues among policymakers, academics, and public health professionals.
Dr. Chiu noted that Taiwan has advocated for wider colorectal cancer screening through systematic planning, medical collaboration, and public education. These three workstreams have successfully increased participation, reduced mortality, and lowered healthcare costs, and will move toward precision screening in the future.
HPA Director-General Shen Ching-fen stated that the event laid a firm foundation for Taiwan to build closer academic and substantive cooperation with Asia-Pacific and New Southbound Policy countries, promoted international collaboration and raised the profile and influence of the country in public health across the Asia-Pacific region. (POC-E)
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