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Applications for Health Care and Promotion Fund invited
The Health, Welfare and Food Bureau has invited non-profit-making organisations
to submit grant applications for the Health Care and Promotion Fund (HCPF) to
conduct non-research health promotion projects.
A spokesman for the bureau said today (May 1) that this was the 21st application
call for non-research health promotion projects that helped people adopt
healthier lifestyles by enhancing awareness, changing behaviour or creating an
environment that supported good health practices.
To better target health promotion activities, the following thematic priorities
have been adopted in the current application call:
* tobacco control;
* nutrition and physical activity;
* injury prevention (traffic and occupational);
* communicable diseases; and
* poisoning (food and drug).
"Higher funding priorities will be accorded to these areas. Applications which
fall outside the above priorities will still be considered, although they will
have a lower funding preference," the spokesman said.
The closing date of applications is July 31, 2007. All applications will be
subject to rigorous review by the Health Care and Promotion Fund Committee and
its sub-committee, the Promotion Sub-committee, which comprises health care
professionals and experts, individuals closely involved in community affairs,
and government representatives.
Successful applicants may be awarded full or partial support normally not
exceeding $300,000 on a one-off basis.
The HCPF was established by the Government in 1995 for the purpose of
strengthening health promotion and disease prevention work. To date, a total of
125 health promotion projects have been supported.
Guidance notes and application forms (Application Form P for non-research health
promotion projects) can be obtained from the Research Fund Secretariat, Health,
Welfare and Food Bureau, 18/F, Murray Building, Garden Road, Central, or the
website at www.hwfb.gov.hk/grants.
Enquiries can be made by fax at 3150 8993 or by email to
rfs@hwfb.gov.hk.
Ends/Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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