What does 保健 (hoken | ほけん) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	保健
	is pronounced
	hoken \| ほけん
	means
	health preservation, hygiene, sanitation

	Examples:
	ＷＨＯとは世界保健機構を表す。 daburyūeichiō to wa sekai hoken kikō o arawasu. WHO stands for World Health Organization.
	彼女の保健体育の講義はさっぱり理解できない。 kanojo no hoken taīku no kōgi wa sappari rikai deki nai. I can't make head nor tail of her lecture on health and physical education.
	国民保健サービスは、生涯に渡ってあなたのお世話を致します。 kokumin hoken sābisu wa, shōgai ni watatte anata no osewa o itashi masu. The national health service takes care of you from womb to tomb.
	保健省は今日、心臓への副作用に関する問題のために、子供向けの薬の流通を停止し、回収することを発表しました。これを受けて政府は、この薬の輸入販売禁止を決定しました。 hoken shō wa kyō, shinzō e no fukusayō nikansuru mondai no tame ni, kodomo muke no kusuri no ryūtsū o teishi shi, kaishū suru koto o happyō shi mashi ta. kore o uke te seifu wa, kono kusuri no yunyū hanbai kinshi o kettei shi mashi ta. Today, the Ministry of Health announced that it has stopped distribution of and is recalling a medicine for children due to the problem of heart related side effects. The government has taken this into account and has forbidden the importation of this medicine.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org