Learning how to deal with diabetes can be as easy as playing Monopoly, the Taiwan Association of People with Diabetes said yesterday, as it unveiled a pictorial board game designed to help diabetes sufferers.
The Diabetes Conversation Map kit, developed by a US-based health education company and the International Diabetes Federation, comprises four themes taking patients from a basic understanding of the illness to learning how to live with the condition.
To date, the program has been translated into 31 languages and used in 69 countries. A total of 48 hospitals in Taiwan, including National Taiwan University Hospital and Chi Mei Medical Center, are participating in the global program.
According to the Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan reports 25,000 new cases of diabetes each year. On average, one person dies of the effects of diabetes every hour and there is one amputation resulting from complications connected with diabetes every two hours.
“Many diabetes patients feel that living with this disease is a nearly impossible uphill battle. But as long as they know about their condition, they can easily learn to cope with it,” said Chang Mei (張媚), associate professor of NTU’s Department of Nursing.
The game is designed for a small group of people. Players are given cards with statements about diabetes and after a group discussion, the players can decide whether they are true or false.
CAUTION: Based on intelligence from the nation’s security agencies, MOFA has cautioned Taiwanese travelers about heightened safety risks in China-friendly countries The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday urged Taiwanese to be aware of their safety when traveling abroad, especially in countries that are friendly to China. China in June last year issued 22 guidelines that allow its courts to try in absentia and sentence to death so-called “diehard” Taiwanese independence activists, even though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction in Taiwan. Late last month, a senior Chinese official gave closed-door instructions to state security units to implement the guidelines in countries friendly to China, a government memo and a senior Taiwan security official said, based on information gathered by Taiwan’s intelligence agency. The
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday that it will revoke the dependent-based residence permit of a Chinese social media influencer who reportedly “openly advocated for [China’s] unification through military force” with Taiwan. The Chinese national, identified by her surname Liu (劉), will have her residence permit revoked in accordance with Article 14 of the “Measures for the permission of family- based residence, long-term residence and settlement of people from the Mainland Area in the Taiwan Area,” the NIA said in a news release. The agency explained it received reports that Liu made “unifying Taiwan through military force” statements on her online
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said yesterday that it is looking to hire 8,000 people this year, at a time when the tech giant is expanding production capacity to maintain its lead over competitors. To attract talent, TSMC would launch a large-scale recruitment campaign on campuses across Taiwan, where a newly recruited engineer with a master’s degree could expect to receive an average salary of NT$2.2 million (US$60,912), which is much higher than the 2023 national average of NT$709,000 for those in the same category, according to government statistics. TSMC, which accounted for more than 60 percent
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Taitung County at 1:09pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The hypocenter was 53km northeast of Taitung County Hall at a depth of 12.5km, CWA data showed. The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Taitung County and Hualien County on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the data showed. The quake had an intensity of 3 in Nantou County, Chiayi County, Yunlin County, Kaohsiung and Tainan, the data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage following the quake.
RSS