Beijing, September 9 -- September 22 this year is the 9th World Alzheimer's Day. In order to implement the goal of "reducing the prevalence of dementia in the elderly in people aged 21 and above" proposed in the "Healthy China Action (30-2019)", the China Brain Health Action Expert Committee focused on the ten major symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and the five early strategies of "early prevention, early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, and early benefit" in the precise prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, compiled a popular science manual in the form of comics and through easy-to-understand text, and held a live broadcast of the manual release on the 2030st.
In recent years, with China's rapid aging society and the continuous increase in Chinese average life expectancy, the number of Alzheimer's disease patients has also increased year by year. Alzheimer's disease poses a serious burden on both families and society and becomes a public health problem that cannot be ignored. Effectively preventing the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease and actively carrying out preventive intervention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease is a major responsibility of all sectors of society, especially medical and health institutions at all levels, health administrative departments and related units, elderly care institutions and families.
On September 9, the "Alzheimer's Disease Science Handbook" was released. Photo courtesy of the China Brain Health Action Expert Committee
Rao Keqin, president of the Chinese Health Economics Association, said that policy research on Alzheimer's disease has been carried out since 2017, and with the joint efforts of experts, the brain health initiative was launched in 2022 and a brain health public welfare fund was established; Taking Alzheimer's disease as the starting point, a number of clinical research topics and public health policies have been carried out, focusing on the research of early prevention, early screening and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, biomarkers, and putting forward suggestions for incorporating AD early screening into public health policies. After the joint efforts of experts and all parties, the AD science handbook was completed.
Mao Qunan, Director of the Department of Planning, Development and Information Technology of the National Health Commission, said in his speech that World Alzheimer's Day meets National Science Popularization Week, which is a very good opportunity to carry out Alzheimer's disease science popularization work. With the efforts of many parties, various forms of popular science works have been launched this week, and the "Alzheimer's Disease Science Handbook" is one of the representative achievements, aiming to improve the public's awareness of Alzheimer's disease, actively and effectively prevent and intervene to delay the occurrence and development of the disease. We call on the majority of media and communication institutions to widely use new media, new technologies and new means to actively transmit correct prevention and treatment knowledge and scientific information to the public, maximize the awareness rate and medical treatment rate of Alzheimer's disease, and guide the whole society to form a good atmosphere of public opinion support.
Wang Jian, vice president and secretary general of the Chinese Medical Association, proposed that effectively preventing the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease and actively carrying out preventive intervention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease is the area of concern of the society and a major responsibility of all sectors of society, especially medical and health institutions at all levels. He called on medical staff across the country to give full play to their professional advantages, actively pay attention to the health needs of the elderly, pay attention to the new trends in Alzheimer's disease research in a timely manner, learn and understand its strategies of early detection, early prevention, early diagnosis and early treatment, take the initiative to undertake clinical diagnosis and treatment, special training, screening and evaluation, guidance and intervention, science popularization, etc., strengthen multidisciplinary and multi-specialty joint operations, and jointly promote the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
The editor-in-chief of this popular science handbook is Professor Chen Xiaochun, a member of the Expert Committee of the China Brain Health Action Committee, the leader of the Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Group of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and the Secretary of the Party Committee of Fujian Medical University.
Professor Yu Jintai, who is also the chief editor of the manual, from the National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases and Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, made an introduction to the popular science manual, and put forward the comprehensive management model of brain health and the concept of precise prevention and control of Alzheimer's disease, which can be accurately prevented and controlled in the early stage of the disease through the regulation of risk factors and pathological targeted therapy. The emergence of new drugs provides a powerful weapon for the comprehensive prevention and control of Alzheimer's disease.
Yu Jintai shared the future measures of the China Brain Health Action Expert Committee in the field of Alzheimer's disease science popularization, and sprinted to the "Healthy China 80" goal of 2030% awareness rate and screening rate.
Wang Yongjun, Chairman of the China Brain Health Action Expert Committee, National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases and President of Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, concluded the press conference by pointing out that the prevention, diagnosis and effective treatment of Alzheimer's disease is an important part of maintaining brain health, and it is also an area of continuous concern of the Brain Health Action Expert Committee. Since the launch of the "Brain Health Action" last year, the China Brain Health Action Expert Committee has planned a series of initiatives: it has issued guidelines for the construction of brain health centers; launched the National Training Platform for Medical Personnel in Neurological Diseases; The Brain Health Public Welfare Fund has been established to interact with many cities to carry out the work of brain health cities, especially brain health science education. At this year's China Brain Health Conference, a number of well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad shared cutting-edge information on the theme of cognitive impairment in the elderly. It can be seen that all sectors of society pay attention to cognitive impairment and are determined to prevent and control.
He said that the construction of brain health is inseparable from four forces: the power of science popularization, the power of organization, the power of research, and the power of industry. With the deepening of research, new advances in diagnosis and treatment options have been made, bringing new hope for the future of patients; Industry is providing innovative early screening modalities that benefit a growing number of communities, health centres and families.
It is reported that the "Alzheimer's Disease Science Handbook" will be distributed to the public free of charge through the memory clinics, community health service centers, elderly care institutions and other public institutions of public hospitals across the country, and learn more about the "Brain Health Action" public account, and learn more about the manual on the "Yinfa Tong" Internet hospital mini program. (End)