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林文健醫生現任衞生署署長。他畢業於香港中文大學醫學院，取得內外全科醫學士學位，其後考獲香港醫學專科學院社會醫學院士、英國皇家內科醫學院公共衞生科院士及香港社會醫學學院院士等專業資格，是公共衞生及社會醫學的專家。他長期在衞生署工作，曾任衞生防護中心總監，負責傳染病監測、防控及應急工作，其間處理多項公共衞生挑戰。二〇二一年九月二十一日，他接替陳漢儀出任衞生署署長。衞生署是香港的公共衞生及醫療行政部門，隸屬醫務衞生局，負責疾病預防及控制、港口衞生、衞生規管、醫療儀器及藥物監管、學生健康、家庭健康、長者健康、牙科服務及法醫服務等，並負責監察及規管私營醫療機構及醫護專業，同時統籌衞生應急及防疫工作。署長為該署首長，統籌部門的整體運作及政策執行，並就公共衞生政策向政府提供專業意見。衞生署是本港歷史最悠久的公共部門之一，其前身可追溯至十九世紀的醫務部門，現時負責推行多項公共衞生及健康服務計劃，包括母嬰健康、學生健康、長者健康及牙科服務等，並負責監察及規管私營醫療機構、藥劑製品及醫療儀器，管理衞生防護中心的傳染病監測及防控工作，以及負責港口衞生及檢疫工作。林文健上任後，帶領衞生署應對新冠疫情及流感等公共衞生挑戰，推行疫苗接種計劃、病毒檢測及口岸防疫措施，並持續加強疾病監測及應急準備。他亦推動基層醫療發展、學生及長者健康服務，以及藥物及醫療儀器的監管，並促進與醫院管理局、醫療專業團體及內地衞生部門的合作，以保障市民的健康。他強調以科學為本制訂防疫策略，並重視公共衞生人才培訓及市民的健康教育。
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Dr. Ronald Lam Man-kin is the Director of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and later obtained professional qualifications including Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Community Medicine), Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, and Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. He is an expert in public health and community medicine. He has long served in the Department of Health and was Controller of the Centre for Health Protection, responsible for communicable disease surveillance, prevention, control and emergency response. On 21 September 2021 he succeeded Constance Chan as Director of Health. The Department of Health is Hong Kong's public health and health administration authority, operating under the Health Bureau. It is responsible for disease prevention and control, port health, health regulation, regulation of medical devices and drugs, student health, family health, elderly health, dental services and forensic services, and regulates private healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals, as well as co-ordinating health emergency and anti-epidemic work. As Director, he heads the department, oversees its operations and the implementation of policy, and advises the Government on public health policy. The department is one of Hong Kong's oldest public bodies, tracing its origins to the medical department of the nineteenth century, and now runs many public health and health service programmes, including maternal and child health, student health, elderly health and dental services, regulates private healthcare institutions, pharmaceutical products and medical devices, and manages the Centre for Health Protection's disease surveillance and control work and port health and quarantine. Since taking office, Dr. Lam has led the department in tackling public health challenges such as COVID-19 and influenza, implementing vaccination programmes, virus testing and port health measures, and has continuously strengthened disease surveillance and emergency preparedness. He has also promoted primary healthcare, student and elderly health services, and the regulation of drugs and medical devices, and has fostered co-operation with the Hospital Authority, healthcare professional bodies and mainland health authorities to protect public health. He stresses a science-based approach to anti-epidemic strategy and attaches importance to public health training and public health education.
