This year marks the 24th anniversary of Taiwan’s implementation of universal health coverage. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) covers the full spectrum of essential health services, from prevention and treatment to rehabilitation and palliative care. In the 1960s, Taiwan’s health sector began the process of incorporating laborers, farmers, and government employees into the health insurance […]
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Distributing daily calories into different groups of food
If you followed our last week’s article titled “How many calories do I need per day to lose weight?”, then you should be able to determine your daily calories intake to reach certain physique goals by now. The next step will be how to turn this number (it could be from 1300 kcal to 2800 […]
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Palau ranks 3rd in most obese countries in the world
Palau ranked third in the list of most obese countries in the world this year with more than half of its population identified as obese, according to the data from the World Population Review (WPR). The WPR statistics revealed that 55.3% of Palau’s population is obese in contrast to the Cook Islands, which claimed the […]
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Bills amending FY 2019 budget adopted
The House of Delegates (HOD) has adopted the bills amending the Fiscal Year 2019 Unified Budget Act to include appropriations for capital improvements in the states of Melekeok and Ngarchelong, to define the allocation of funds intended for field trips to Southwest Islands, and also to allocate $141,000 for the Ministry of Health to contract […]
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Palau’s National hospital runs out of dialysis machine filters on Independence Day celebration
Health Minister Emais Roberts did not deny the reports that the Belau National Hospital had run out of dialysis machine filters during Palau’s celebration of 24th Independence Day but he was quick to add that the problem has been fixed on Tuesday. Roberts was responding to a media inquiry about the veracity of the report […]
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India assists Palau’s health and renewable energy initiatives
The government of India has extended aid to Palau on its drive to improve its health and renewable energy generation initiatives. Indian Ambassador to Palau Jaideep Mazumdar, during the sidelines of the celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday at Taj Palau on October 2, said that India is now working on the project to install […]