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SFH to attend World Health Assembly
The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, will attend the
66th World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization in
Geneva, Switzerland, on May 20 (Geneva time).
Before attending the WHA, Dr Ko will have meetings with senior
officials and representatives of medical and health-care regulatory
institutions in London, the United Kingdom (UK), and will visit a
Chinese medicine clinic in Germany.
During his two-day visit in London on May 16 and 17 (London time), Dr
Ko will take the opportunity to learn more about the regulation of
health-care facilities, manpower planning and professional development
in the UK. He will call on the Professional Standards Authority for
Health and Social Care, which oversees statutory bodies that regulate
health and social care professionals in the UK; the Complementary and
Natural Healthcare Council, which regulates complementary therapies
such as aromatherapy, healing, hypnotherapy and massage therapy; and
the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, an
independent organisation under the UK's public health-care system
providing guidance on quality standards for illness treatment and
prevention.
Dr Ko will also visit the Care Quality Commission, an independent
regulator of health and adult social care services, and will meet with
the Medical Director of the National Health Service (NHS) cum Chairman
of the NHS Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions
Committee. The Committee was set up in the UK as a result of
increasing concern over standards of cosmetic surgery and products.
The Committee will review existing guidelines for ensuring the
physical and psychological health of people having cosmetic
interventions.
Dr Ko will depart for Munich, Germany, in the morning of May 18
(London time) to visit a Chinese medicine clinic in Kötzting. The
Chinese medicine clinic is the first of its kind in Germany, rendering
therapeutical services in the form of hospital treatments.
After visiting Munich, Dr Ko will head for Geneva to attend the 66th
WHA on May 20 (Geneva time) as a member of the China delegation. Dr Ko
will return to Hong Kong on the following day.
Ends/Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Issued at HKT 15:00
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