Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond
All for Health
Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond
All for Health
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Description
This book provides a timely review on what has been accomplished, and what remains amiss, following the World Health Organization’s 1978 ‘Health for All’ campaign, by identifying enduring gaps in health care within a global context.
Dr. Ben Yuk Fai Fong had his medical training at the University of Sydney, where he had also completed a Master’s in Public Health. He is a specialist in Community Medicine and is currently the Professor of Practice (Health Studies) and Associate Division Head of the Division of Science, Engineering, and Health Studies, and Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of the two local medical schools in Hong Kong, the School of Chinese Medicine and the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine as well as an Honorary Research Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.
Dr. William Chi Wai Wong is a family medicine specialist as well as an educator and untiring advocate in Family Medicine and Primary Care. He has worked extensively in hospitals and local communities in the UK, Australia, China, and Hong Kong for over 25 years. He is currently Chairperson and Clinical Associate Professor at Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, the University of Hong Kong with concurrent appointments at Department of Family Medicine at Hospital Authority, Hong Kong and HKU–Shenzhen Hospital. A well-recognised world leader in Family Medicine, Dr. Wong actively engaged with the WHO and WONCA- contributed to the Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee on HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections as well as a number of WHO guidelines on HIV/ sexual health issues.