Redouble our efforts to promote healthier lifestyles
- Tobacco and vaping control
- Efforts to reduce sugar consumption
- Sodium reduction strategy [NEW]
Healthier SG Strategy [NEW]
- Activating network of family physicians – Transforming primary care to be an important pillar of our healthcare system
- Care Plans – Following up with a family physician on preventive health plans, including regular screening and addressing risk factors
- Community partnerships – Building an integrated health and social ecosystem to support residents
- National Healthier SG Enrolment – Enrolling with a family physician as the first line of care
- Necessary support structures – Manpower, financing and IT structures and policies to support healthcare reform
Strengthen support for the health and well-being of the young and their families
- Healthy Mother-Healthy Child [NEW] – Deliver services to mother-child as a pair in 12 more polyclinics over next 3 years, Family Nexus to be piloted at 4 sites
- Happy Mother-Happy Child – Antenatal & postnatal mental wellness screening, support for high-risk pregnant women
- Supported Mother-Able Child [NEW] – Practical guide & resources on healthy screen time habits
- Parent Hub [NEW] – One-stop resource portal to support pregnancy and parenting
Targeted health measures for specific sub-populations
- Seniors – Refreshed Action Plan for Successful Ageing (end-2022), Expanding housing-cum-care options [NEW], “Live Well, Age Well” programme [NEW]
- Women and Families – Supporting couples on their parenthood journey, women’s health event [NEW]
- Lower Income – Scale-up of Healthy Living Passport Programme
- Malay and Indian Communities – Collaborate with community leaders and partners on healthy lifestyle promotion
- “Our Healthy Singapore Fund” [NEW] – Co-creating health promoting projects with community volunteers and partners
Stepping up efforts to strengthen support for mental health
- Public consultation exercise by the Interagency Taskforce on Mental Health and Well-being
- Outreach and support – Community mental health teams for youth [NEW], Crisis Responses Team [NEW]
- Expanded provision and increased access to mental health services – Enhanced National Addictions Management Service [NEW], Psychiatric services at Alexandra Hospital
Fact Sheet: Promoting overall healthier living while targeting specific sub-populations