Elimination of infectious disease in China, past and future
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20211016-00801
- VernacularTitle:中国消除传染病的历史进程与展望
- Author:
Weizhong YANG
1
;
Mengmeng JIA
Author Information
1. 中国医学科学院北京协和医学院群医学及公共卫生学院，北京100730
- Keywords:
China;
Infectious disease;
Eradication;
Elimination
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2021;42(11):1907-1911
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In the long history, infectious disease once caused huge disasters to human beings, not only resulting in serious impacts on public health, but even threatening socioeconomic development and national security. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has attached great importance to the prevention and treatment of infectious disease and achieved remarkable achievements. This article mainly summarizes the historical progresses of the eradication of smallpox and the eliminations of polio, leprosy, filariasis, neonatal tetanus, blinding trachoma and malaria in China, and discusses the eliminations of the infectious diseases which can be conducted in the future.
