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Health and Wellness

Ensuring quality healthcare that remains affordable and accessible for all

Last updated 1 November 2024

Our current health status

Singapore's life expectancy and healthy life expectancy increased from 2017 to 2020
Prevalence of obesity and high blood pressure have been increasing, but we made progress reducing since 2019

Preventive health and support for healthier lifestyles

Supporting healthier lifestyles

Number of Singapore residents participating in sport and exercise at least once a week has increased since 2019.
A bottled drink with Nutri-Grade labelling, to inform and encourage Singaporeans to choose Healthier Choice drinks.

Boosting mental health support

Overall prevalence of self-reported poor mental health in the population decreased from 2022 to 2023
Chart showing greater willingness to seek mental health support from healthcare professionals.
Four focus areas under the national mental health and well-being strategy launched on 5 October 2023

Overcoming healthcare constraints and challenges

Ensuring healthcare affordability

Chart showing healthcare expenditure rose from 2017 to 2021, driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chart showing out-of-pocket costs as a percentage of current health expenditure have been on a steady decline since 2017

Optimising our health system for capacity sufficiency and right-siting

Median wait times for admission to ward across public hospitals increased to more than seven hours in 2022 and 2023
Infrastruture plans are well underway to increase the capacity of hospitals, polyclinics, and nursing homes

Feature Story: MIC@Home

Patient receiving care from a healthcare professional at home through the MIC@Home programme.

Transformations for a future-ready healthcare system

Empowering our healthcare professionals

Implementing smart health initiatives and strong governance

More patients had benefitted from the health appointment system, with vaccine bookings nearly tripling in number

Strengthening public health defences

Dengue is endemic to Singapore, with three major dengue outbreak years in Singapore in the last five years
Chart showing dengue cases in the first quarter of 2024 more than doubled, compared to the same period in 2023.

Feature Story: Project Wolbachia trials at various neighbourhoods across Singapore have seen promising results

Heatmaps showing reduction in female Aedes aegypti population at study sites following Project Wolbachia deployment.

Going beyond healthcare, to good health for all