Informed about the prevention and treatment of leprosy day activities

The 2016-01-12

national health and population and family planning commission of the People's Republic of China

Countries who do CDC letter [2016] no. 19

Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government health and family planning commission, department of bureau, disabled persons' federation, the Red Cross, the xinjiang production and construction corps health bureau, bureau of civil affairs, disabled persons' federation, the Red Cross:

On January 31, 2016 is the 63th session of the world the prevention and treatment of leprosy day \"and the 29th\" section of leprosy in China \". For further popularization of leprosy prevention knowledge, create a good social atmosphere, solid to push all the full implementation of prevention and control of measures and the national to eliminate leprosy harm planning (2011-2020) \"(hereinafter referred to as the\" planning \") goal time, health and family planning commission, the ministry of civil affairs, China disabled persons' federation and China Red Cross the prevention and treatment of leprosy. Now, notify the following related matters.

One, the activity theme

Activity theme of \"accelerate action to eliminate leprosy harm\". Achieve the goal of elimination of leprosy harm, pressing, need to mobilize, government of all levels and the relevant departments and social forces to accelerate action, positive commitments, to eliminate leprosy patients, families, and the dangers of society, to protect people's physical and mental health.

Second, the active content

(a) to further promote leprosy prevention policy, completes the elimination of leprosy hazards prevention and control work, etc. Leprosy patients more for the rural poor, to eliminate leprosy harm is not only the inherent requirement of improving the health quality, and is a good battle for poverty alleviation, the inevitable requirement to build a well-off society in an all-round way. Fully recognize the planning goals and eliminate leprosy harm the significance and urgency of, combined with the national poverty alleviation crucial action plan and the implementation of the health poverty alleviation projects, government commitments, to carry out the department responsibilities, strengthen policy propaganda, leprosy prevention mobilization, government of all levels and the relevant departments and social forces active participation, earnestly implement various policies and measures. To supervise the leprosy epidemic monitoring, prevention, early detection of cases, to eliminate discrimination abnormal residue and so on prevention and control work, guarantee the leprosy patients especially leprosy sick of the old and infirm basic health and life.

(2) increase the propaganda, improve the public cognition, eliminate leprosy discrimination. Country should make full use of radio, television, newspaper, network, microblogging, WeChat fo the public media, the public propaganda \"leprosy can prevent remedy not terrible\" prevention and control knowledge, improve the cognition of leprosy, prompting suspicious and patient treatment as early as possible. Actively publicize the party and the government's care for leprosy patients, and the social from all walks of life care for leprosy patients, in the whole society to form a good atmosphere of concern, care for leprosy patients, to promote the public to eliminate discrimination against leprosy patients. Publicity of leprosy control work advanced collectives and advanced individuals, emerging from the process of mining save leprosy prevention and control of the historical data collection, promote the leprosy control work sustainable development.

(3) to strengthen professional personnel training, strengthen the leprosy patients with early detection, to reduce morbidity, to reduce the hazards. Health family planning departments at all levels should strengthen the medical and health institutions related to medical personnel of leprosy prevention propaganda and training, improve the level of leprosy the diagnosis and treatment of medical staff, reduce misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. To organize professional leprosy prevention and control technology of prevention and control institutions, to return home during the Spring Festival, leprosy patients with XianZheng cured conducting follow-up rehabilitation, surgery, and health education, etc, so as to prevent or reduce deformities, promote a speedy recovery; Screening for leprosy patients to close contacts, and, when necessary, take appropriate intervention measures, discover new leprosy patients as early as possible.

(4) into the local leprosy hospital (village) or leprosy patients, in the home field to solve their medical and difficulties of life. Around to carry out the prevention and treatment of leprosy day activities as an opportunity to actively coordinate health organization family planning, civil affairs, disabled persons' federation, the Red Cross and other government departments, enterprises and institutions and social organizations to leprosy hospital (village) or home visits condolences, warmth of leprosy patients, understand the health and life of patients with leprosy and abnormal residual security situation, help to solve practical problems. Health prevention and control of family planning departments organize professional institutions for patients to carry out free hospital, medicine and medical services, civil affairs departments of basic life rescue eligible patients and medical treatment, disabled persons' federation for leprosy abnormal residual, assistive devices to carry out rehabilitation training, the Red Cross to provide patients with life difficult and abnormal residual rescue and care, and that leprosy patients, and abnormal residual sense the party and the government's care, realize socialist family warmth.

Three, the related requirements

(1) of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the health and family planning commission, department of bureau, disabled persons' federation and Red Cross to be combined with local prevention and control work reality, timely notification issued by activities and materials, make action plan, organize day series of leprosy. Leprosy day campaign theme posters recently by the Chinese center for disease control and prevention leprosy control centers around the issue.

(2) please provincial family planning department of public health led summary activity, submit a written report on March 15, 2016 will be the state health and family planning commission (including electronic form).

Contact: national health family planning bureau of CDC Zhang Huimin, Wang Wei

Contact phone: 010-68791779, 68792662

Fax: 010-68791806

E-mail: tbmoh@126.com

General office of national health and family planning commission General office of the ministry of civil affairs

General office of China disabled persons' federation The Red Cross society of China office

On January 8, 2016