Poster News reporter Jiang Xueying reports from Beijing
In China's online direct reporting system for infectious diseases, the average reporting time has been shortened from 5 days to 4 hours. At the national level, a technical system has been established to quickly identify 300 pathogens within 72 hours, and 100% of provincial and 90% municipal centers for disease control and prevention have the capacity for nucleic acid testing and virus isolation.
On December 28, Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health Commission and director of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, disclosed the above data at the regular policy briefing, he said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National Health Commission has always adhered to the people-centered concept, improved the multi-departmental coordination mechanism, improved the ability of disease prevention and control, implemented comprehensive prevention and control measures for infectious diseases, and brought the cause of disease control to a new level.
At present, the first and local governments are constantly improving the stable investment mechanism for disease control work. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the National Development and Reform Commission has actively optimized the investment structure within the budget, and allocated a total of 13.1 billion yuan to support the construction of the disease control system at the national, provincial, municipal and county levels. In 2023, the government will allocate 176 funds for disease control projects through transfer payments8.7 billion yuan for the prevention and control of major infectious diseases and endemic diseases.
The national health emergency response team has achieved full coverage of all provinces. The vaccination rate of the immunization program has remained above 90%, and the accessibility and convenience of immunization services have been continuously improved through reasonable distribution, online appointments, and door-to-door services. Party committees at all levels and the first party attach great importance to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. The relevant departments have a clear division of labor, each has its own responsibilities, and joint prevention and control. The people's awareness of health and disease prevention has been greatly improved, and the concept of "everyone is the first person responsible for their own health" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases, decisive victories have been achieved in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, and the epidemics of infectious diseases such as human avian influenza, plague and Middle East respiratory syndrome have been effectively handled, and there has been no major epidemic after the major natural disasters. Wang Hesheng said that in the prevention and control of major infectious diseases, the rapid rise of the AIDS epidemic in key areas has been effectively contained, and the overall epidemic has been controlled at a low epidemic levelThe incidence of tuberculosis decreased from 65.1 million in 2015 to 52.1 million in 2022, and the mortality rate remained low;All schistosomiasis-endemic counties met transmission control criteria. A nationwide environmental health monitoring system has been established, and the level of prevention and control of endemic diseases has been continuously consolidated and improved. Certified by the World Health Organization for malaria elimination. The incidence of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases such as measles, JE and encephalitis has fallen to an all-time low.