China News Service, Nanjing, January 28 (Xu Shanshan) Li Shaodong, deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission and first-level inspector, introduced on the 28th that all permanent residents in Jiangsu can enjoy free prenatal screening and neonatal disease screening. Currently, full coverage of screening has been achieved.
On the same day, the Jiangsu Provincial Government held a press conference to interpret the newly issued "Measures for the Prevention and Control of Birth Defects of Jiangsu Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures for Prevention and Treatment") and "Implementation Measures for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons of Jiangsu Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Measures"). ).
Birth defects refer to the abnormalities of the body structure, function or metabolism that occur before the baby is born, which can be caused by genetic factors such as chromosome aberrations, gene mutations, or environmental factors, and usually include congenital abnormalities such as cleft lip and palate, chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome, genetic metabolism Sexual diseases such as phenylketonuria, functional abnormalities such as blindness/deafness and mental retardation.
Li Shaodong said that since 2018, Jiangsu has included the comprehensive prevention and control of birth defects as a practical project for improving and improving people’s livelihood, and has set up a special fund for the prevention of birth defects in the provincial fiscal budget. The project funds have increased from 20 million to 80 million. , All permanent residents in Jiangsu can enjoy free prenatal screening and neonatal disease screening. At present, full coverage of screening has been achieved.
For confirmed pregnant women and newborns, medical institutions will give corresponding medical advice and intervention.
According to expert calculations, every reduction in the birth of a child with trisomy 21 can save the life of about 3.3767 million yuan for the treatment and maintenance of basic living expenses, and the benefit of each case of phenylketonuria screened out is about 3.3667 million yuan. The benefit of screening a case of congenital hypothyroidism is about RMB 4,798,200. With these three diseases alone, Jiangsu can save more than RMB 4 billion in expenditure each year.
The "Prevention Measures" has 4 chapters and 28 articles, clarifying the responsibilities of the government, departments, units and individuals in the prevention of birth defects from the legal level, standardizing the three-level preventive measures, and improving the supervision and security system.
The "Prevention and Control Measures" specify three-level preventive measures and stipulate that the prevention of birth defects shall be implemented with three-level prevention.
Primary prevention is health education and guidance before marriage, pregnancy and early pregnancy; secondary prevention is prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis during pregnancy; tertiary prevention is screening for neonatal congenital diseases and birth defects Children undergo treatment and rehabilitation.
The "Implementation Measures" consists of 5 chapters and 42 articles, which will come into force on February 1, 2021. It pointed out that strengthening the protection of special disabled groups. In addition to the basic medical insurance payment, the basic rehabilitation expenses for disabled children between 0-6 years old will be fully subsidized in accordance with regulations and gradually extended to disabled children between 7-14 years old. Disabled persons who are assessed as Grade I or Grade II and need long-term care will be included in the scope of subsidy for severely disabled persons. (Finish)