Disease prevention and control work is closely related to people's health and well-being.

In May 2021, the National Administration for Disease Control and Prevention (hereinafter referred to as the "National Administration for Disease Control and Prevention") was officially established, marking a key step in the reform of my country's public health system.

Over the past two years, what new changes have occurred in the construction of China's disease control system?

What are the major developments in disease control?

What situation are we facing in containing major infectious diseases?

Recently, Wang Hesheng, director of the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, responded.

　　Established 20 acute infectious disease prevention and control teams

　　Monitoring and early warning are more sensitive, emergency response is more effective, technical means are more advanced, comprehensive supervision is more powerful, and science popularization and education are more down-to-earth - at the people's livelihood themed press conference of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress, Wang Hesheng summarized it with five "more" It reflects the achievements made by the National Agency for Disease Control and Prevention in the construction of the disease control system since its establishment.

　　In terms of monitoring and early warning, Wang Hesheng introduced that the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention has continued to make efforts in improving institutional mechanisms, expanding monitoring channels, standardizing assessment and early warning, and improving professional capabilities to establish and improve an intelligent multi-point trigger infectious disease monitoring and early warning system, and expanded and formed Ten subsystems, including sentinel hospital monitoring, virus mutation monitoring, and urban sewage monitoring, have strengthened information notification and data sharing between departments, providing scientific basis for predicting the epidemic situation in advance, deploying in advance, and responding effectively.

　　In terms of emergency response, "20 national acute infectious disease prevention and control teams have been established across the country. No matter where a major public health incident occurs, the national team can be dispatched to provide support immediately." Wang Hesheng introduced that in December last year, Jishi Mountain in Gansu Province After the earthquake, three national teams from Gansu and Qinghai rushed to the disaster area immediately to assist and guide the environmental disinfection, infectious disease monitoring, risk assessment, drinking water monitoring and other tasks in the temporary resettlement sites, helping to prevent major epidemics after the disaster.

"We will also build five new national teams and build grassroots emergency response teams in all cities and counties across the country to further improve the ability and level of infectious disease response and disposal." Wang Hesheng said.

　　The world's largest infectious disease network direct reporting system has been built, with the average reporting time shortened from 5 days to 4 hours; a technical system for rapid identification of 300 pathogens within 72 hours has been established at the national level; a national telephone influenza investigation system has been established, and "95120" has been launched "The dedicated flow control number can effectively improve the efficiency of flow control work... Wang Hesheng introduced that our country has made full use of the latest scientific and technological achievements and information technology to improve the scientific nature and accuracy of prevention and control.

　　At the same time, the National Agency for Disease Control and Prevention continues to strengthen the construction of a comprehensive health supervision system, improve the informatization level of grassroots law enforcement, promote intelligent supervision, and continuously improve supervision and law enforcement capabilities; it has launched a pilot system for disease control supervisors in medical institutions to monitor infectious diseases in medical institutions. We will continue to increase supervision and inspection efforts in areas closely related to public health, such as disease prevention and treatment, public health, etc.

Last year, a total of 4.3 million supervision and inspections were carried out across the country to promptly investigate and punish illegal activities and effectively protect the health rights and interests of the people.

　　In terms of science popularization and education, it is reported that the National Agency for Disease Control and Prevention continues to carry out public health risk assessments, taking into account hot topics such as the prevention and control of infectious diseases, extreme weather such as high temperatures and heat waves, natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and disease prevention and control during important holidays, which are of public concern, in a timely manner. Actively publish guidelines and health tips, organize experts to publicize and interpret, effectively respond to social concerns, promote public health awareness and self-protection awareness, and strive to create a good social atmosphere for mass prevention and control.

　　The incidence of various infectious diseases has dropped to a record low

　　The number of malaria infection cases in China has dropped to zero; the incidence of tuberculosis has steadily declined, and the successful treatment rate has remained above 90%; the incidence of various infectious diseases that can be prevented by vaccines, such as measles, Japanese encephalitis, and meningococcal meningitis, has dropped to the lowest level in history; hydatid The epidemic situation of key parasitic diseases such as Ascariasis and ascariasis has dropped significantly, and it has entered a new stage of control or elimination... A series of data show that China has achieved remarkable results in curbing major infectious diseases and improving the health of the people.

　　The prevention and control of infectious diseases is related to the life safety and health of the people, as well as to economic and social development and national security and stability.

Wang Hesheng introduced that after the elimination of smallpox, filariasis, polio, and neonatal tetanus, China has eliminated malaria in 2021 through unremitting efforts, ending the thousand-year history of this major infectious disease that seriously endangers people's health. , is a milestone in the history of Chinese public health, has also made important contributions to global public health, and has been highly praised by the international community.

The World Health Organization issued a press release saying that the number of malaria infections in China has dropped from 30 million in 1940 to zero, which is an amazing feat.

　　"Currently, major infectious diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and schistosomiasis have been effectively controlled." Wang Hesheng said that the spread of AIDS through blood transfusions and blood products has been basically blocked, and the spread of mother-to-child transmission and injection drug use has dropped to the lowest level in history. The success rate of antiviral treatment for infected people has reached over 95%, and the overall AIDS epidemic is at a low epidemic level; the number of new infections with viral hepatitis has been significantly reduced. Through the implementation of the national immunization program, hepatitis B vaccination has been popularized, and the hepatitis B virus infection rate among children under 5 years old has been reduced. Controlling it below 1% has protected tens of millions of children from infection.

　　"We are also clearly aware that the risk of new emerging infectious diseases still exists, the task of consolidating the effectiveness of infectious disease prevention and control is still arduous, and the prevention and control situation remains severe." Wang Hesheng said that this year's government work report clearly requires that "continue to do "Good prevention and control of key infectious diseases", the State Administration of Disease Control and Prevention will conscientiously implement it, constantly sum up experience, improve the prevention and control system, optimize prevention and control strategies, consolidate and improve the effectiveness of prevention and control, and minimize the impact of infectious diseases on people's health and economic and social development. Impact.

　　Actively prevent and respond to possible "X disease"

　　Recently, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned about the possibility of an outbreak of "Disease X", saying that the outbreak of new pathogens and epidemics is "only a matter of when, not if."

　　How to prevent the possible harm caused by "X disease"?

　　Wang Hesheng said that the so-called "X disease" does not represent a specific disease, but an infectious disease caused by an unknown pathogen that may lead to a global pandemic.

The main characteristics of "Disease

Experts from various countries generally believe that due to factors such as accelerated global climate change, the expanding scope of human activities, and frequent cross-species transmission of pathogens, the risk of a global pandemic caused by "Disease X" continues to increase.

　　"Although the occurrence of 'Disease , take the initiative and respond to the uncertainty of an infectious disease pandemic with the certainty of preparedness. Specifically, it includes the following aspects -

　　The first is to establish and improve the legal and regulatory system, adhere to prevention and control in accordance with the law, optimize resource allocation, and improve the working mechanism for emergency transition; the second is to establish and improve a multi-channel monitoring and early warning system, strengthen the risk assessment of infectious diseases, and improve early detection capabilities; the third is to establish and improve Emergency plan system, strengthen emergency team drills, prepare relevant material reserves, and improve emergency response capabilities; fourth, establish and improve a scientific prevention and control system, increase investment in scientific research, promote forward-looking research on infectious disease pandemics, and enhance scientific and technological support capabilities; fifth It is to establish and improve the mass prevention and control system, improve the department linkage mechanism and grassroots governance mechanism, carry out extensive science education, and comprehensively enhance public health awareness and disease prevention and control capabilities.

　　"Infectious diseases have no national boundaries, and preventing and responding to global infectious disease pandemics requires the international community to work together and work hand in hand." Wang Hesheng said that the disease control department will actively participate in global public health governance and promote cooperation with international organizations such as the World Health Organization and other countries. Cooperate to contribute Chinese wisdom and strength to building a human health community.

　　Wang Meihua (Source: People’s Daily Overseas Edition)