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Media Interviews. The funding of this project
                was more than $2,000,000, which was used to
                purchase portable diagnostic sets, funduscope,
                and other essential telemedicine equipment
                as donated items, helping doctors to enlarge
                the lesions during diagnose and improve the
                accuracy of preliminary screening. And the
                recorded digital information also could be used
                as a basis for doctor's online consultations.
                    Thanks to the mobile health care and
                additional donated medical equipment, those
                who lived in the remote areas could get          delays in seeking care. Also, it was expected
                effective treatment as those in the cities and   that if other advanced equipment like digital
                they were also significantly less at risk of     otoscope, Dermatoscope, Dental mirror, and
                                                                 Video laryngoscope could be sponsored for
                                                                 this project, which would assist doctors in
                                                                 recording more clearly medical images for the
                                                                 use of follow-up appointment after surgery. On
                                                                 the other hand, those recorded database could
                                                                 be applied in AI learning that will support the
                                                                 medical diagnose in the future.
                                                                     Finally, the Global Grant project (GG
                                                                 No.2229720) satisfied local people in need of
                                                                 out-of-patient care and achieved the goal of
                                                                 prevention healthcare.


                               Sharing of experiences on the participation of the Community
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                         Service Project "Early detection and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease"


                    Many people are familiar with the terms      community project that began in September
                "Alzheimer's disease" or "Dementia". Most        2021 with a total of NT$2,584,000.
                of them think that Alzheimer's disease is a          Through the story of the Rotarian of
                memory loss disease that occurs in the elderly.  the club "Mei-Juan" who participated in this
                    To better understand the disease and         project, people could learn to empathize
                provide services for Alzheimer's patients        with Alzheimer's patients and provide more
                in need, with the partnership of Taiwan          support to their families. "Mei-Juan" who is an
                Association  for  Preventative Aged  Care        energetic, confident, and warm nurse had been
                Instructors, the Rotary Club of Taipei Fu Jung   committing herself to the dementia service
                launched the "Early detection and treatment      location since she was hired at the Presbyterian
                of Alzheimer's Disease" program through the      Church in Taiwan Upward church in 2017.
                Global Grant (GG No. 2120753), a sustainable     The Dementia Café in the Rehab Center, one


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