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Convener Su Li-Chiung (middle) chairs the circuit supervision meeting and listens to the briefings with other members
On June 20, 2025, the Control Yuan (CY) Committee on Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Affairs, led by Convener Su Li-Chiung and accompanied by 16 CY members, visited Zhongshan District Health Center of Taipei City to understand the policy implementation on community health building, health promotion advocacy, and chronic disease control by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW). The Committee also conducted a circuit supervision meeting at the MOHW, listened to its business briefing and held an exchange dialogue.
Convener Su Li-Chiung stated that, the MOHW is in charge of national public health, medical quality and human resources, social welfare and other policies, and today’s inspection focuses on five systematic major issues, which are food safety, social safety net, nursing human resources, organ transplantation and home care services. Moreover, some important issues of concern by the CY members include: the government’s counter-measures against unscrupulous food venders violating border inspections; the legislative process of the prevention of health hazards on betel quid chewing; the solution to the quantity and finance resources of long-term care services for the severely disabled and dementia elder, and last but not the least, the performance review of action plan for dementia prevention and care policy.
The CY members requested the MOHW to raise specific improvement measures to above-mentioned issues in response to social expectations and the needs of national welfare. They also expected that MOHW can reinforce inter-ministerial integration to build a national health and welfare system balancing resilience and equality.
Source: The Control Yuan, Taiwan
