Health Bureau (Macau)

Statement on Increased Funding Proposal for the New York State Cancer Services Program

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

ALBANY, N.Y., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen ®, the world's leading breast cancer organization commends the State Assembly's proposed funding increase of $2.5 million for the Cancer Services Program (CSP) in the FY2025 Budget.

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  • ALBANY, N.Y., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen ®, the world's leading breast cancer organization commends the State Assembly's proposed funding increase of $2.5 million for the Cancer Services Program (CSP) in the FY2025 Budget.
  • "Komen commends the New York State Assembly for investing in the wellbeing of New Yorkers and securing funding for this critical program, supporting the state's vital healthcare infrastructure."
  • If an individual is found to have cancer, CSP will navigate the individual to the NYS Medicaid Cancer Treatment Program.
  • Thank you, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, for your advocacy supporting CSP and to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease."

The 16th Zhang Zhongjing Medicine Culture Festival & Forum on High-quality Development of TCM Takes Place in Nanyang, China

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Friday, March 1, 2024

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  • NANYANG, China, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-hosted by the Nanyang Chinese Medicine Development Bureau, the China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM) and the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM), the Zhang Zhongjing Medicine Culture Festival & Forum on High-quality Development of TCM was held in Nanyang, China from February 26th to 28th.
  • Themed "Promote the International, Industrialized, and Modernized Development of Zhong Jing Culture", the event included 14 academic forums and 16 related activities, including the opening ceremony and a session dedicated to honoring the eminent Chinese pharmacologist and physician, Zhang Zhongjing.
  • The forum brought together over 700 attendees, among them more than 30 foreign diplomats, international students, representatives from relevant international organizations, as well as delegates from Hong Kong and Macao.
  • The Zhongjing Comprehensive Health Care Industry Expo, an integral part of the forum, featured nine exhibition areas with 180 booths, hosting over 200 Chinese TCM companies and attracting nearly 100,000 visitors.

Huawei Launches the Medical Technology Digitalization Solution to Accelerate Intelligence in Healthcare

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- During MWC Barcelona 2024, Huawei officially launched its Medical Technology Digitalization Solution as part of its effort to lead the digital and intelligent upgrade of the healthcare industry.

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  • BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- During MWC Barcelona 2024, Huawei officially launched its Medical Technology Digitalization Solution as part of its effort to lead the digital and intelligent upgrade of the healthcare industry.
  • David Shi, Vice President of Huawei's ICT Marketing & Solution Sales, said, "To accelerate the intelligent upgrade of the healthcare industry, Huawei, as an ICT provider, builds a secure and sustainable digital foundation for the healthcare industry and helps it go intelligent."
  • Thousands of images read in seconds, accelerating the digital & intelligent upgrade of medical technology services
    The medical technology digitalization solution focuses on pathology and medical imaging.
  • So far, Huawei has served over 5000 hospitals and medical institutions in more than 110 countries and regions.

A Healthy Winter Action: Second Batch of 19,600 Bottles of Azvudine Delivered to 24 Counties

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Friday, January 20, 2023

HONG KONG, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 16, the second stage of "A Healthy Winter Action" initiated by Fosun Foundation in conjunction with other institutions kicked off, with 19,600 bottles of Azvudine gradually shipped to the rural clinics of 24 counties across Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces. The drugs were donated together with the epidemic prevention packages from many benevolent enterprises and institutions, among which, some medical supplies, such as oxygenators, oximeters, antigen test kits, and N95 masks were much needed in the rural areas.

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  • Immediately after the around-the-clock delivery of the first batch of 6,000 bottles of Azvudine in the A Healthy Winter Action, the volunteers from Fosun and the resident teams for Rural Doctors Program in the rural areas started out for the second-stage delivery.
  • 19,600 bottles of Azvudine in 98 cartons were successively shipped out from Shanghai on January 16 and expected to help at least 20,000 villagers, most of whom were seniors over 65, to stay safer amid the epidemic.
  • 33 Business Management Co., LTD, Wuxi Yushou Medical Appliances Co., Ltd., Shanghai Tuyue Business Advisory Co., Ltd., Shede Spirits, Jinhui Liquor, Hainan Mining, Golte.
  • The medicines will be donated to 100 counties in rural areas in stages during the Spring Festival, and all donations will be completed after the Spring Festival.