China News Network, May 5 -- On May 31, the National Health Commission held a press conference on safeguarding the health rights and interests of women and children. Song Li, director of the Department of Women and Children of the National Health Commission, said that since 31, our country has promoted the implementation of women's cervical cancer and breast cancer screening projects, and so far the cervical cancer and breast cancer screening projects have covered more than 2009,2600 counties, districts and cities across the country, and the coverage rate at the county (district) level has exceeded 90%. So far, a total of 1 million free cervical cancer screenings and nearly 8 million breast cancer screenings have been carried out. Through early screening, early diagnosis and early treatment, sick women can be treated in time.

Song Li said that in the next step, the National Health Commission will promote the implementation of the three-level prevention and control strategy of cervical cancer and breast cancer, and focus on promoting the following work:

The first is to strive to achieve "no disease" through first-level prevention and control. Including extensive social publicity and health education for cervical cancer and breast cancer, especially so that our women and friends can enhance their awareness of self-health management, especially the awareness that everyone is the "first responsible person for health", and further improve the social consensus on the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer and breast cancer. It also includes advancing HPV vaccination.

Second, secondary prevention strives to achieve "less disease". Promote more places to cervical cancer and breast cancer screening can be incorporated into people's livelihood practical projects, so that more women can get early screening, so that such services benefit more women, in this process of departmental linkage is very important, the National Health Commission and the All-China Women's Federation, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions also hope that the local relevant departments will unite to further enhance health awareness for female friends, do more social publicity and advocacy work, so that the majority of female friends can further enhance their awareness of health management, from "want me to check" Transform into "I want to check" to better strengthen your own health management. At the same time, the National Health Commission is also actively following up the progress of new scientific and technological technologies, such as artificial intelligence, including biomedical testing, to better improve the screening and diagnosis of women's cervical and breast cancer.

The National Health Commission will increase the service capacity building for early diagnosis, early treatment and early rehabilitation, including the training of professional personnel, especially the improvement of grassroots service capacity, so that sick women can get early diagnosis, early treatment and early recovery, further reduce mortality, improve survival rate, and better maintain women's health.