Health Promotion Board
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The Health Promotion Board (Abbreviation: HPB, Chinese: 保健促进局) was established in 2001, with a vision to build a nation of fit and healthy Singaporeans.
To achieve this, the HPB undertakes the various national health promotion and disease prevention programmes in Singapore with a goal of increasing the quality and years of healthy life and preventing illnesses, disability and premature death.
[edit] Programmes
The HPB implements programmes that reach out to the population, specifically children, adults and the elderly.
- Health and dental services for school children
- AIDS Education Programme
- BreastScreen Singapore
- CervicalScreen Singapore
- Childhood Injury Prevention Programme
- Community Health Screening Programme
- Mental Health Education Programme
- National Myopia Prevention Programme
- Physical Activity Programme (formerly National Healthy Lifestyle Programme)
- National Smoking Control Programme
- Nutrition Programme
- Osteoporosis Education Programme
- Workplace Health Promotion Programme
- HPB Online
- HealthLine
- Health Information Centre and HealthZone.
New programmes will also be initiated over time to address health concerns among the community.
[edit] See also
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