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Screening" campaign with all the 12 Rotary persons of low-income households who
Districts in Taiwan. The Committee of the screen positive and need treatment
Hepatitis C Elimination Implementation of 5. Using public billboards or vehicle
the association was chaired by the past district advertisements to promote the national
governor of District 3510, Fuh-Jiann Lee Hepatitis C Elimination program
"Jerry", suggesting that each district could 6. Assisting the Health Department ÿ
apply for District Designated Fund (DDF) to Center in increasing the implementation of
conduct the program. health education programs for community
Related Funding assistance is available as residents
follows. Due to the limited budget and manpower
1. Supporting the cost of screening for of the government, Taiwanese Rotarians
residents other than those aged 45-54 with would like to do its part to do the work that
health insurance the government cannot take care of, with the
2. Assisting the local Health Department ÿ Ministry of Health and Welfare as the main
Center in raising the staff costs for the partner and us as a complementary partner, to
increasing number of screenings work together to achieve the goal of the total
3. Assisting the local Health Department ÿ elimination of Hepatitis C in 2025.
Center to hire professional employees to do A total of 41 host Rotary clubs of
the establishment of household registration Hepatitis C Elimination Program donated
data NT$20,928,000 and helped 124,000 people to
4. Supporting the medical expenses for complete screenings.
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