Today´s Hot Topic: People´s Wellbeing -- Healthcare

"Reform and development of the pharmaceutical and healthcare fields affects the health of the people and the happiness of their families. Therefore, we must overcome all difficulties to solve this universal problem."


------ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao´s gov´t report sets healthcare goals for 2010

Minister Talk
<em>"Right now, the money the government spends on medical care is still low. I had the opportunity to make my recommendations to the central leadership to raise the contribution rate of medical cooperative systems in rural areas to 300 yuan. Essentially this means the government will spend more on grass-roots medical services. But this requires the effort of government at all levels. All need to fund this endeavor."</em>

"Right now, the money the government spends on medical care is still low. I had the opportunity to make my recommendations to the central leadership to raise the contribution rate of medical cooperative systems in rural areas to 300 yuan. Essentially this means the government will spend more on grass-roots medical services. But this requires the effort of government at all levels. All need to fund this endeavor."



------ Chen Zhu, Health Minister


<font color=Blue> Mass vaccination againt A/H1N1</font>

Mass vaccination againt A/H1N1

The Health Ministry plans to finish the vaccination of 65 million people by the end of the year. The vaccination would be self-imposed and free.

<font color=Blue>[Medicine system]</font>

[Medicine system]

About 30 percent of state-owned grass-roots health institutions would set up the essential medicine system by the end of February.

<font color=Blue> [Drug management]</font>

[Drug management]

Medical staff service charges for things such as clinical treatment, nursing, and surgical procedures will be increased.

<font color=Blue> [Migrant workers]</font>

[Migrant workers]

Guangzhou will oversee the expenditure of 3.5 million yuan for free physical examinations for 10,000 migrant workers in the remaining months of this year.

<font color=Blue> [Minister got 1st shot]</font>

[Minister got 1st shot]

Health Minister Chen Zhu took the lead by receiving his second inoculation of the vaccine. Chen received the first such shot in China on July 22.

<font color=Blue> [Essential medicines]</font>

[Essential medicines]

The government is creating a list of essential medicines which aims to ensure lower prices and adequate supplies for needy patients.

<font color=Blue> [Medical reservation]</font>

[Medical reservation]

The Ministry of Health has begun a nationwide reservation system that enables people to register to see a doctor.

<font color=Blue> [Insurance transfers]</font>

[Insurance transfers]

Beginning this year, Chinese people can now freely transfer their pension funds from one province to another across the country.

<font color=Blue> [Public hospital]</font>

[Public hospital]

Chinese traditional medical treatment and western methods are both important, and resources in both urban and rural areas should be assigned properly.

<font color=Blue> [Pricing reform]</font>

[Pricing reform]

A new regulation will require hospitals to end the practice of using profits from medication sales, to ensure the hospital´s sustainability.

<font color=Blue> [Rural healthcare]</font>

[Rural healthcare]

By the end of this year, at least 5 percent of rural residents in each provincial area should have a health archive. The percentage should be increased to at least 30 percent by 2011.

<font color=Blue> [HIV/AIDS treatment]</font>

[HIV/AIDS treatment]

"We give the highest priority to assessing and approving new drugs used for HIV/AIDS treatment."

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