China News Finance, January 5th. China Government Network announced on the 5th that the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on the issuance of the "National Action Plan for Disability Prevention (2021-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan").

It is proposed to provide basic medical and health care services throughout the reproductive process; comprehensively carry out neonatal phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism and other genetic metabolic diseases and hearing screening.

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  The "Action Plan" pointed out that pre-marital and pre-pregnancy health care should be strengthened.

Promote pre-marital health care, strengthen inspections for genetic diseases, designated infectious diseases, and serious mental disorders, and provide medical opinions, guide pre-marital medical examination service agencies to scientifically optimize the layout of pre-marital medical examination sites and service procedures, and strengthen marriage and family health consultation rooms in marriage registration sites Construction, strengthen the guidance of healthy marriage and childbirth.

In-depth implementation of basic public health services such as pre-pregnancy eugenic health check and supplementation of folic acid, guide scientific pregnancy preparation, provide pre-pregnancy eugenic services such as health education, consultation and guidance, screening evaluation, and comprehensive intervention for couples planning to become pregnant, and promote supplemental folic acid to prevent neural tube defects.

  The "Action Plan" pointed out that prenatal screening and diagnosis should be done well.

Provide basic medical and health care services throughout the reproductive process, extensively carry out prenatal screening, and strengthen prenatal screening and diagnosis of major birth defects such as common fetal chromosomal diseases, serious fetal structural abnormalities, and single-gene genetic diseases.

Promote classified management and services for senior pregnant women and other key populations, implement pregnancy risk screening and evaluation, high-risk pregnant women project management and other systems, strengthen the construction of maternal and child health service networks at the county, township, and village levels, and improve the grassroots network and referrals The internet.

  The "Action Plan" also pointed out that early childhood screening and early intervention should be strengthened.

Comprehensively carry out neonatal phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism and other genetic metabolic diseases and hearing screening, gradually expand the scope of screening for disabling diseases, and promote early screening, early diagnosis and early treatment.

Standardize early development services for infants and young children, strengthen guidance on early development services for families and kindergartens, and implement the central special lottery public welfare fund birth defect intervention and relief project.

Carry out the health management of children aged 0-6, vigorously promote the screening of disabling diseases for children aged 0-6, establish a linkage mechanism for screening, diagnosis, and rehabilitation, and continuously improve the early detection, early diagnosis and early diagnosis of disabling diseases. Intervention, early recovery ability and effect.

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