Guro-gu will continue to carry out the ‘Guro Carbon Zero Walk’ in 2025. Guro-gu will continue to carry out the ‘Guro Carbon Zero Walk’ through online and offline in 2025.
‘Guro Carbon Zero Walk’ started in 2003 as ‘Anyangcheon Love Family Health Walk’ and has been loved by residents for a long time. Starting in 2024, the name of the event will be renewed to encourage healthy lifestyle habits and carbon neutrality in Guro-gu. It has established itself as a representative participatory program.
Anyone can participate in the ‘Guro Carbon Zero Walk’ online and offline.
Participation is possible online through the ‘On Guro’ app, and it is composed of a total of 6 walking sections ranging from 1km to 4km so that anyone of any age or gender can participate.
Individual sections include △ Anyangcheon Stream Road (Gochokyo Bridge Soccer Field ~ Sindorim Park Golf Course) △ Anyangcheon Embankment Road (Gocheok Bridge ~ Sinjeonggyo Bridge) △ Dorimcheon Olle Trail (Daerim Station ~ Dorimcheon Station) △ Maebongsan Mountain Jarak-gil (within Maebongsan Jatjeol Park) △ Mokgamcheon Stream ( Gwangbok Bridge ~ Gwangmyeong Bridge) △Blue Arboretum (within the Blue Arboretum).
Participants can receive an application number when they pass the measurement point determined for each section in the ‘Onguro’ app, and through this, they can participate in the prize draw.
The offline Guro Carbon Zero Walking event will be held four times a year, and the specific schedule will be announced on the Guro-gu website.
For further details regarding the online and offline ‘Guro Carbon Zero Walking’ event, please contact the Environment Department of Guro-gu Office.
A Guro-gu official said, “It is a precious opportunity to practice carbon neutrality while taking care of your health with family, friends, and lovers.” He added, “We hope that all participants can complete the race safely and have a happy day.”
Meanwhile, Guro-gu was selected as an excellent institution in the field of patient management at the ‘2024 Seoul Tuberculosis Control Project Evaluation Competition’ held at Seoul City Hall on the 24th.
This evaluation competition conducted quantitative evaluation (early detection, transmission interruption, patient management, government joint evaluation) and qualitative evaluation (autonomous district specialized project) on tuberculosis control projects promoted by 25 autonomous districts in Seoul, with 1 best organization and 4 being selected as the best organization. Excellent institutions were selected.
Among the four excellent institutions, Guro-gu was selected as an excellent institution in the field of patient management, and achieved great results two years after receiving the encouragement award in the 2022 tuberculosis patient management project evaluation.
The district has been promoting tuberculosis control projects through various methods, such as on-site tuberculosis screening, management of those diagnosed with tuberculosis, tuberculosis education, and community connection and cooperation.
First, through on-site tuberculosis screening, we provided tuberculosis screening to the housing vulnerable, medically vulnerable, and homeless people living in gosiwons, rental apartments, and foreigner residential shelters, as well as services linked to medical and welfare institutions. A total of 1,780 people were screened this year.
The district has been working hard to manage those with tuberculosis symptoms by providing follow-up screening guidance and testing for those with positive tuberculosis screening results. This year, the management rate of patients with confirmed symptoms reached 91%, an 18% increase compared to last year.
In addition, tuberculosis education was conducted 15 times for facilities used by foreigners (1 time), facilities for the homeless (1 time), schools (6 times), and social welfare facilities (7 times), and screening was conducted through linkage and cooperation with related organizations. Efforts have been made in various ways to prevent tuberculosis, including discovering locations.
In particular, Guro-gu encourages treatment through home visits for non-compliant tuberculosis patients who have refused or stopped treatment even though they developed tuberculosis, and provides meal support services linked to this, SOS care hospital companion service, dementia relief center linkage, and tuberculosis monitoring. It also received high scores in the patient management field.
A Guro-gu official said, “For tuberculosis, prevention, early detection, and consistent treatment are more important than anything else, so we hope residents will pay attention to tuberculosis.” He added, “We will continue to put the health of local residents first and do our best to prevent and manage tuberculosis.” He said.
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