SDG3
Good Health and Well-being
Demand medical care for all, reduce the number of deaths from (non-)communicable diseases, strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, reduce the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents, and increase health financing and the recruitment, development, and training of the health workforce.
Establishing the Health and Human Rights Education Website to Promote Disease Prevention and Health Care Practices
For 15 consecutive years (2007–2021), the Community Medicine Center have collaborated with the Ministry of Welfare to implement the Island Region Communities Health Promotion and Counseling Program. The program has provided counseling for 23 health bureaus in Kinmen County (8 communities), Penghu County (7 communities), Lien Chiang County (4 communities),
Liching Medical Club Goes Native
During the summer of 2020, the Liching Club—based at Yang Ming Campus of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)—traveled to Qatu Village of Nantou County for its tenth consecutive year of offering medical services and raising awareness of local issues regarding medical and health care, childhood education, culture, and
Participation in the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2020 Virtual Conference and establishment of the Taiwan COVID-19 Research and Pandemic Prevention Forum
The Research Center for Epidemic Prevention Science established the Taiwan COVID-19 Research and Pandemic Prevention Forum at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) 2020 Virtual Conference following an invitation from the conference administrators. The forum was hosted by Prof. Steve H. S. Kuo, with keynote speeches given by Prof.
Summer Sway: Parents and Babies Get Moving!
The Mental Health and Counseling Center of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) aims to give back to the community by creating a friendly living environment that is conducive to the physical, mental, and spiritual health of residents. Since 2011, the Mental Health and Counseling Center has been providing
Establishing 5G and AIoT Smart Medicine Development Center
In response to the development trends of 5G and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) smart medicine, Chunghwa Telecom, National Chiao Tung University, and National Yang-Ming University jointly signed a letter of intent to establish an industry–academia technology collaboration and combine the advantages of the three organizations. National Chiao Tung University
Major Breakthrough in Taiwan–US Collaborative Research: New Gene Therapy Possibilities for Coronary Atherosclerosis
The Taiwan–US Collaborative Research Team, comprising researchers at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, as well as Shu Chien, former academic at the University of California San Diego, has made a groundbreaking discovery: mRNA methylation plays a vital role in the development of coronary atherosclerosis.
