The Health Promotion Board (Abbreviation

Abbreviation

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: HPB; ; ) is a statutory board

Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

The statutory boards of the Singapore Government are organisations that have been given autonomy to perform an operational function. They usually report to one specific ministry.*Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority...

 under the Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health may refer to:*Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health *Ministry of Health...

 (MOH) of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes, "with a vision to build a nation of healthy and happy people".

HPB undertakes the aforementioned programmes in Singapore with the goal of "increasing the quality and years of healthy life and preventing illnesses, disability and premature death."

Programmes

The HPB implements the following health programs as of current writing:

• Health and dental services for school children
• AIDS Education Programme
• BreastScreen Singapore
• CervicalScreen Singapore
• Childhood Injury Prevention Programme
• Community Health Screening Programme
• Mental Health Education Programme
• National Myopia Prevention Programme
• Physical Activity Programme (formerly National Healthy Lifestyle Programme)
• National Smoking Control Programme
• Nutrition Programme
• Osteoporosis Education Programme
• Workplace Health Promotion Programme
• HealthLine
• Health Information Centre and HealthZone.