The Public Health Practitioners Association selects excellent public health policies and praises Shen Boyang for implementing "health integrated into all policies"

The 2026 county and mayoral election has entered the countdown stage, and candidates for local chiefs have put forward a large number of political opinions. The Taipei Public Health Practitioners Association has drafted a public health governance commitment letter, which has been signed by 26 candidates. It has also selected 4 candidates who are forward-looking and practical in public health politics. Among them, Taipei mayor candidate Shen Boyang focuses on cross-department environmental health and integrated public health governance, and implements the governance concept of "health integrated into all policies."

Focusing on five core health issues, including grassroots public health, food safety, school health, drug addiction prevention and community environment, the Taipei City Public Health Association has drafted the "2026 Local Public Health Governance Commitment Letter". Currently, 17 counties and cities, and 26 cross-party candidates have signed.

Weng Ruihong, chairman of the Taipei City Public Health Association, said that in the letter of commitment, the association proposed five major policy-oriented suggestions, including financial resource planning, manpower allocation, cross-bureau governance, health equity, and system construction, for reference by future local government governing teams. It hopes to establish stable and sustainable public health financial resources, properly arrange the sequence of resource investment and long-term application, and also promote the institutionalized participation of public health practitioners in health bureaus and health clinics.

Ong Ruihong also mentioned that the association expects the heads of local governments to personally lead their teams to promote health impact assessment and "health integration into all policies", and pay attention to the rights and interests of remote villages, outlying islands, indigenous people, and disadvantaged groups, provide differentiated, traveling services and barrier-free support, and reshape the role of health offices as health service hubs in the community to support the legislative initiative of the "Public Health Service Law".

In addition, the Association convened 50 public health professionals to evaluate the political opinions of the candidates, selected 4 candidates who put forward excellent public health political opinions, and gave them "five-star evaluations." Among them, Shen Boyang focused on cross-department environmental health and integrated public health governance, and proposed a complete structure and ideas for climate adjustment, cross-bureau environmental governance, community sports, mental health and vaccine policy integration. He practiced the governance concept of "integrating health into all policies" and was awarded the Association.

Yunlin County Magistrate candidate Liu Jianguo, who has been deeply involved in the field of sanitation and sanitation for many years, is the most outstanding with his political views on food safety specialization and integrated health services. He not only proposed the idea of ​​a campus nutritional food safety center and introduced food technicians to participate in management, demonstrating the value of introducing and institutionalizing food safety professional manpower.

Weng Ruihong further pointed out that Hsinchu County Magistrate candidate Xu Xinying’s political views implement health integration and rural health equality, demonstrating the integration of human-animal-environment thinking; Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Zongxian focuses on food safety and preventive health management in multiple fields, expanding food safety inspections to campuses, day care, long-term care, and hospitals, and integrating vaccines for indigenous elders and AI child care risk management.