China News Service, Beijing, January 11 (Liu Wenwen) Song Li, director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of China's National Health and Medical Commission, said on the 11th that after multiple measures and unremitting efforts, the health status of Chinese children has continued to improve, and the core indicators of children's health are better than the world's average for high- and middle-income countries.
At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China on the same day, Song Li pointed out that in recent years, the health status of Chinese children has been continuously improved by continuously improving the level of prenatal and postnatal care services, strengthening the prevention and treatment of children's major diseases, and developing universal childcare services.
The growth stunting rate of children under 6 years old has dropped to less than 7%, the underweight rate has dropped to less than 5%, the infant mortality rate and the mortality rate of children under 5 years old have dropped to 5.4‰ and 7.5‰ respectively, and the core indicators of child health are better than the global middle and high income. national average.
When talking about how to promote basic public health services for children's health in the next step, she proposed three major measures.
One is to further increase the supply of children's medical care services.
Strengthen the construction of child health care service network, and improve the professional service level of primary-level child health care physicians.
Strengthen the grass-roots level and establish mechanisms, and consolidate the grass-roots child health care service network in the county with county-level maternal and child health care institutions as the leader, township health centers and community health service centers as the hub, and village clinics as the foundation.
Give full play to the leading role of the National Children's Medical Center and the National Children's Regional Medical Center, and promote the construction of a hierarchical pediatric diagnosis and treatment system.
Efforts shall be made to promote equitable access, system continuity and balanced development of children's health care services.
The second is to adhere to the principle of prevention and the combination of prevention and treatment, and continue to strengthen the prevention and treatment of children's diseases.
We will continue to promote the equalization of basic public health services including health management for children aged 0-6, traditional Chinese medicine health services for children aged 0-36 months, and vaccination.
Focusing on prominent problems affecting children's health, such as birth defects, obesity, anemia, poor vision, scoliosis, childhood autism, and hearing impairment, the service model of early screening, early diagnosis and early intervention will be continuously improved.
Continue to strengthen the effective prevention and treatment of major infectious diseases and emerging infectious diseases in children.
The third is to continuously expand inclusive childcare services.
Guide all localities to vigorously develop inclusive childcare services with guaranteed quality, affordable prices, safety, convenience, and accessibility, strengthen the standardized management of childcare services for infants and young children, and strengthen the training of early childhood development and health management talents.
By 2025, efforts will be made to achieve 4.5 nurseries for infants and young children under the age of 3 per 1,000 population, and continue to meet the growing new demands of the people for nursery services.
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