[Health Pick] Ministry of Health and Welfare implements chronic disease management project... "Point like cash"

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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that from this month, only cabbage kimchi produced by HACCP-certified establishments can be imported.

The mandatory HACCP certification system, which had been applied step by step, has been expanded to all businesses from October 1st.

For thorough safety management, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety examines HACCP certification companies every year to evaluate whether the validity period is extended.In the first half of this year, the prescription for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD treatment ingredients, mistakenly known as

's 'study medicine', was already close to the total number of prescription patients last year.

In particular, the number of patients under the age of 10 is increasing significantly.

When looking at prescription patients by gender and age, males were in their teens or younger, and females also had the second largest proportion after females in their 20s.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it believes the cause of the significant increase in prescription patients is due to the increased accessibility of patients to mental health departments, but said it is analyzing the exact cause.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it will implement the first medical chronic disease management project for high blood pressure and diabetes patients at local clinics nationwide.

Patients who participate in this project will be applied by lowering the cost of integrated chronic disease management fees, examination fees, and re-examination fees from 30% to 20%.

In addition, if you exercise as much as the management plan set up by the clinic or participate in blood pressure measurement, education, and evaluation, you will be provided with up to 80,000 won per year for health living practice.

Patients can use their accumulated points like cash at designated places such as online shopping malls and clinics nationwide.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved Novavax's vaccine for emergency use in response to the "COVID-19 JN.1 variant."

The vaccine was also approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the FDA a month ago.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it quickly reviewed the request from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accordance with the COVID-19 vaccination plan in winter this year and approved it for emergency use, increasing the number of vaccines available at the medical site to three.

We looked at this week's major health news.

This has been "Health Pick".