Singapore said Wednesday it has teamed up with Apple Inc. to provide its residents with a personalized health activity program in a bid to steer them toward leading healthier lifestyles.

The free, two-year program dubbed LumiHealth, is part of the government's technology initiative called Smart Nation and will use an Apple Watch and an app to give participants personalized reminders, coaching and incentives.

Created by a team of physicians and public health experts, the project will be launched in the city-state next month, according to the government and Apple.

"Singapore has one of the world's leading health-care systems, and we are thrilled to be partnering with them to incorporate Apple Watch and LumiHealth into their holistic approach to well-being," said Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, in a statement.

The program is voluntary and users must "opt in" and provide consent to share information with LumiHealth when they join, the statement said. Users may also opt out at any time, it added.

The statement also said user data will be encrypted to protect privacy and will be stored in a "highly secure system that is fully compliant with Singapore's data privacy and security laws."

Singapore's Smart Nation initiative aims to make use of technology to boost the quality of life in the city-state and its attractiveness as a business location.

In 2018, the computer network of SingHealth, the country's largest health-care provider, was hacked in the country's worst cyberattack. Personal data of some 1.5 million patients, including that of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and a few government ministers, were stolen.

==Kyodo

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