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25 billion emergency fund Department of Health planning to set up disease prevention
Economic Daily News reporter Xiebai Hong ╱ / Taipei
2010.09.27 03:44 am
Director of Health Yaung said that with Taiwan on the face of bird flu, intestinal viruses and H5N1 influenza epidemic of new challenges, the Health Department is planning to set up 25 billion yuan of emergency prevention fund; and actively promote the basic environment for medical care in Taiwan to help Taiwan's Health biotechnology development.
Yaung that wanted to fix the Department of Health, "Infectious Diseases Prevention Law" Article 17, the establishment of an "emergency prevention fund" would amount cf SARS epidemic 92 years Republic of 23.8 billion special budget, set at 250 million.
Yaung noted that outbreaks of infectious diseases often can not anticipate the response to the epidemic prevention measures for the current presentation by the competent authorities at all levels of the normal budget line for fear that the necessary difficult to cope.
SARS case in 92 years, then develop "severe acute respiratory syndrome Provisional Regulations on the Prevention and Relief", the total amount to 500 billion yuan less than the urgency of the outbreak of the Ordinance, it is impossible to obtain emergency; plus Executive Yuan Second Reserve Fund budget is limited, so consider setting up an emergency epidemic prevention fund.
Department of Health noted that the plan before the inter-ministerial communication, the Ministry of Finance and Budget, Accounting and financial resources that the Fund should be stable and should not inject all the official budget, and 25.0 billion large scale outbreak of a central non-emergency Epidemic Control, or may not expended, which involves a major national financial decisions, will consider and decide by the Executive Yuan. Taiwan biotechnology industry development, Yaung that the vaccine industry in Taiwan is rather large, on the one hand the vaccine industry will help Taiwan build its own quarantine system, on the other hand, if Taiwan has its own when the vaccine industry, will also help on Foreign bargaining chips.
Yaung said that the Department of Health to create the environment for Taiwan's many public health infrastructure, which is relatively rich in the biotechnology industry to provide market opportunities, including investment of 10 billion yuan to build electronic medical records and so on.
Yaung stressed that the Department of Health clinical trial in regulating the environment of hospitals in Taiwan to do a lot of effort, many foreign pharmaceutical companies have chosen to come to Taiwan to conduct clinical trials.
http://udn.com/NEWS/FINANCE/FIN2/5872819.shtml
Economic Daily News reporter Xiebai Hong ╱ / Taipei
2010.09.27 03:44 am
Director of Health Yaung said that with Taiwan on the face of bird flu, intestinal viruses and H5N1 influenza epidemic of new challenges, the Health Department is planning to set up 25 billion yuan of emergency prevention fund; and actively promote the basic environment for medical care in Taiwan to help Taiwan's Health biotechnology development.
Yaung that wanted to fix the Department of Health, "Infectious Diseases Prevention Law" Article 17, the establishment of an "emergency prevention fund" would amount cf SARS epidemic 92 years Republic of 23.8 billion special budget, set at 250 million.
Yaung noted that outbreaks of infectious diseases often can not anticipate the response to the epidemic prevention measures for the current presentation by the competent authorities at all levels of the normal budget line for fear that the necessary difficult to cope.
SARS case in 92 years, then develop "severe acute respiratory syndrome Provisional Regulations on the Prevention and Relief", the total amount to 500 billion yuan less than the urgency of the outbreak of the Ordinance, it is impossible to obtain emergency; plus Executive Yuan Second Reserve Fund budget is limited, so consider setting up an emergency epidemic prevention fund.
Department of Health noted that the plan before the inter-ministerial communication, the Ministry of Finance and Budget, Accounting and financial resources that the Fund should be stable and should not inject all the official budget, and 25.0 billion large scale outbreak of a central non-emergency Epidemic Control, or may not expended, which involves a major national financial decisions, will consider and decide by the Executive Yuan. Taiwan biotechnology industry development, Yaung that the vaccine industry in Taiwan is rather large, on the one hand the vaccine industry will help Taiwan build its own quarantine system, on the other hand, if Taiwan has its own when the vaccine industry, will also help on Foreign bargaining chips.
Yaung said that the Department of Health to create the environment for Taiwan's many public health infrastructure, which is relatively rich in the biotechnology industry to provide market opportunities, including investment of 10 billion yuan to build electronic medical records and so on.
Yaung stressed that the Department of Health clinical trial in regulating the environment of hospitals in Taiwan to do a lot of effort, many foreign pharmaceutical companies have chosen to come to Taiwan to conduct clinical trials.
http://udn.com/NEWS/FINANCE/FIN2/5872819.shtml