In past few decades, population ageing has become one of the most critical issues among most developed countries. Just like an infectious disease, the low birth rate is a widely spread phenomenon in European and East Asian countries. Even in some developing countries, such as China, Brazil, and Russia, the birth rate is continuously at a rather low level,…
As a known fact, the air is an essential element for all kind of organisms. But in this modern world full of chimneys from factories, it is often hard to find clean and quality air that we can take a deep breath and relax. Located at urban areas, huge factories and power plants usually emit exhaust gas contain complex chemical compounds or micro particulates,…
Since 2000, Environmental Protection Administration had been planning a comprehensive environmental information database and a series of related construction, wishing to provide precise and effective data and the integrated environmental information from environmental-management-related departments to the public;therefore, the public,…
Dengue fever is caused by dengue virus which is transmitted by infected mosquito bite. As there is no approved vaccine for dengue virus, reducing the number of infected mosquito with insecticide is employed as the primary prevention. However, the movement…
Owing to population aging, Taichung City Government implements Elder-Friendly City Plan and visits every administration district in Taichung to collect and integrate requirements from the elderly, and rate “Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Consulting Network for Elderly in the Community” as an important issue…
Situated in subtropical zone, dengue fever has occurred frequently still in recent years. In order to seize and control the epidemic situation thoroughly and to prevent dengue fever, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Taiwan wants to build an epidemic situation management system integrating with GIS…