The need for rapid upskilling of Canada’s frontline health care professionals in palliative care is more important than ever. With an aging demographic and the onset of the pandemic, it is vital that our frontline health care professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, social workers,... Read More
Following on the successful “Love Can Help” Medical Assistance Programme in 2019, the Li Ka Shing Foundation (“LKSF”) announced today an additional HK$101 million in support of services for the citizens of Hong Kong. Read More
(Hong Kong, 21 July 2015) On January 1, 2015, the National Organ Donation and Organ Transplant Committee announced the ban of organ harvesting from death-row inmates, designating civilian organ donation as the only legitimate source for organ transplants. Behind this historic health reform in China is... Read More
(Hong Kong, 15 December 2014) The 7th Annual Palliative Care Symposium for Health Care Workers in Chinese Population, jointly organised by the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), The Hong Kong College... Read More
To promote a positive attitude towards death and dying and to increase public awareness of hospice and palliative care, the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress Hospice & Palliative Social Work Satellite Symposium “The Art of Palliative Social Work – Research, Practice and Beyond... Read More
(May 27, 2014, Wuhan) There are an estimated 85 million people with disabilities in Mainland China. Along with their family members of over 200 million, they comprise 20% of China’s population. Two-thirds of these families live in rural areas that lack proper support resources. The Li Ka Shing Foundation... Read More
Mr Li Ka-shing’s Open letter to Everyone Serving the “Heart of Gold” Hospice Service Programme (Hong Kong, 28 April 2014) Cancer takes away over 10,000 lives in Hong Kong each year. Facing death and enduring pain, many cancer patients are overpowered by the emotional stress and pain induced by... Read More
(April 11, 2014 – Beijing) The Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express held a ceremony today at the Peking Union Medical Hospital to launch Phase 1 of the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening pilot project. Among the guests attending the ceremony were Mr. Huang Jiefu, former Vice-Minister of the Ministry... Read More
BERKELEY —The University of California, Berkeley, and UC San Francisco are launching the Innovative Genomics Initiative (IGI) to lead a revolution in genetic engineering based on a new technology already generating novel strategies for gene therapy and the genetic study of disease. The Li Ka Shing... Read More
]STANFORD, Calif. — The Li Ka Shing Foundation has provided a US$3 million planning grant to the Stanford University School of Medicine for a new initiative to explore ways of harnessing the vast repositories of biomedical data to improve human health and lower health care costs. This latest gift will... Read More
A great blessing in my life has been to witness first-hand and on many occasions the transformation of what once was thought impossible into everyday reality. Read More
(London, 3 May 2013) The new Centre for Health Information and Discovery, made possible with a donation of £20 million from the Foundation, was launched by the Prime Minister David Cameron and Mr. Li Ka-shing. The focus of the new Centre is to tap the potential of “big data” to revolutionise health... Read More