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Adolescent health. Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being. [1] The term adolescent and young people are often used interchangeably, as are the terms Adolescent Health [2] and Youth Health. Young people's health is often complex and requires a ...
The Health Sciences Authority ( HSA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It is a multi-disciplinary agency responsible for applying medical, pharmaceutical, and scientific expertise to protect and advance public health and safety . The organisation serves three key functions: it is the national ...
SingHealth. Singapore Health Services, commonly known as SingHealth, is the largest group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. Established in 2000, the group consists of four public hospitals, three community hospitals, five national specialty centres and a network of eight polyclinics. The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is the largest ...
Adolescent medicine, also known as adolescent and young adult medicine, is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development. This period begins at puberty and lasts until growth has stopped, [ 1][ 2] at which time adulthood begins. Typically, patients in this age range will be in the last ...
A reported 1 in 4 teens say they have missed school because they do not have access to menstrual products. Another 44% of teens report feeling stressed and embarrassed because of their inability ...
As of 2019, Singapore had a total of 14,297 doctors in its healthcare system, giving a doctor-to-population ratio of 1:399. The nurse-to-population ratio (including midwives) was 1:133, with a total of 42,777 nurses. There were 2,475 dentists, giving a ratio of 1 dentist to 2,304 people. [ 13][ 14]
Website. www .kkh .com .sg. Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital ( abbreviation: KKH) is the largest public hospital specialising in healthcare for women and children in Singapore, located at 100 Bukit Timah Road. [ 2] From its humble beginnings as a small general hospital in 1858 to a 30-bed maternity hospital in 1924, [ 2] KKH has ...
Ministry of Health. Website. www .hpb .gov .sg. Agency ID. T08GB0014L. The Health Promotion Board ( HPB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes. [2]