Chinese Rural Health Development Project

equalization of basic public health services

experience exchange and Summit

Conference held in Zhengzhou 
       

Ministry of Health

 
    To sum up and promote China's rural health development project success, and promote further development of national health reform, the Ministry of Health on December 8 was held in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, "China's rural health development project equalization of basic public health services, exchange of experience and Summit seminar. " Deputy Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong, assistant to the governor He Dongcheng Henan Provincial Government, the World Bank, the World Health Organization officials in the Ministry of Finance, the NDRC official who attended the meeting.

    According to reports, China's rural health development project (hereinafter referred to Juliet Project) is a Chinese government has used World Bank loans and the British government grants, rural health reforms carried out to explore international cooperation projects. Project to "deepen the CPC Central Committee and State Council on the views of medical and health system" as a guide, in the rural health protection system, medical services and public health services organizations to provide comprehensive pilot areas for different levels of development can be extended to provide rural health reform experience and model to improve basic health services project residents in the accessibility and fairness, sustainability, improve the health of residents in project areas. Our projects cover the western, central, eastern economic and social development of different regions, including Shaanxi, Chongqing, Qinghai, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu Province, 40 counties in 8 provinces, poverty, the total number of counties accounted for 60 counties %.

     Chen Xiaohong, China briefed the meeting on the progress of health reform work. He said the promotion of equalization of basic public health services, is to deepen the medical and health system is an important highlight. Aimed at reducing urban and rural residents access to basic public health service gaps, to maximize prevention of disease, efforts to make people "less sick", so that health reform to better benefit the people's livelihood. Since the launch of medical reform work, the equalization of basic public health services, orderly, as of June 2010, 32.8% of urban residents and 17% of rural residents to establish a health file. Replant people under the age of 15 hepatitis B vaccine, more than 2,100 people, is expected to complete the task 77% of the year. National Public Health Service funding for subsidies to 17 yuan per capita. 73% of the counties (cities, districts) have been incorporated into public health agencies will finance the full budget. In addition, the central government invested a lot of money for the implementation of major public health services and basic public health services.

     Dr Chen Wei XI affirmed the achievements the project. He said Juliet project has been launched for two years, through the Ministry of Health, the World Bank, the United Kingdom Department for International Development to work together in the World Health Organization and other international organizations and foreign experts, technical support, project management staff at all levels, efforts to explore active practice, focusing on deepening the medical and health system-related policies and measures to achieve ways, techniques, methods of work carried out with different content and form of exploration and practice, has been to draw on preliminary summary of some initial results and experiences to promote .

     He pointed out that promotion of equalization of basic public health services is Juliet doing the most unique project, the project area in accordance with national requirements, local conditions, innovative work, developed and implemented a package of basic public health services, creating a healthy village standardized child immunization and maternal systems management, women of reproductive tract infections intervention, comprehensive prevention and control of hypertension, mental illness and a series of community management, formulation of the county completed a comprehensive evaluation index system of public health. These practices are exploring the implementation of the project area as part of national health reform policy, and some have been more mature, some of which are still groping, but also need to constantly improve, improve.

      He said, Henan, Chongqing, Jiangsu and other project areas have been active in exploring this area, and achieved good results and useful experience. Project areas to carry out the equalization of basic public health services, the experience can be summarized as "setting a concept, a clear two goals, the implementation of three initiatives." Namely: to firmly establish the equalization of basic public health services is to perform the functions of government an important manifestation of public service. Basic public health services as a major component of public services, must establish a government-led, and strengthen the concept of government responsibility; must be clear and basic public health services and quality of service of these two important objectives, the availability and quality on the same important position, the use of various means and ways to ensure better implementation of these two objectives; projects adhere to rural areas linked, contract management and performance pay and other effective measures, so that basic public health services is truly implemented.

     Chen Xiaohong, stressed that with the medical reform progresses, the idea of reform is increasingly clear, the policy system is improving, more specific measures, Juliet project is in a historical period, should seize the opportunity to further promote the new health reform policy in the implementation and development of rural areas. First, give full play to advantages of the project, and strive to reform attempt. The project area should be at home and abroad under the expert guidance and help, rational use of capital, technology and other resources, and actively explore, be creative and give full play to the project's pilot, demonstrative role. The second is to continue to improve the existing practice of promising exploration. To continue to promote the equalization of basic public health services, continue to explore the implementation of basic public health services and implementation of an effective security mechanism means the promotion of basic health care in rural areas and a combination of preventive health care, the establishment of primary health care institutions involved in public health services provided incentives efforts to achieve the equalization of basic public health services, institutionalized, systematic, standardized, and standardization. The third is to strengthen multi-sectoral projects between internal and external communication. To sum up experience and strengthen communication. Not only strengthen communication across regions within the project, but also the same in other provinces need more counties and communication between different departments, learn from their experiences, to inspire ideas and learn from each other and seeking common development.

During the meeting, Comrade Chen Xiaohong and relevant ministries and experts will be on the purchase of services contract in Henan, Chongqing, the implementation of service vouchers cards, Jiangsu implement sophisticated management features such as discuss the practices and experiences, and field trips Luoyang City Yiyang Jiaozuo City, County and Wuzhi County project to carry out situation. (Ministry of Health Press Office December 8, 2010 release)