The modern Silk Road spirit leads the “Belt and Road” Initiative to facilitate global tropical disease control programmes
10.16250/j.32.1915.2024274
- VernacularTitle:现代丝路精神引领“一带一路”建设：助力全球热带病防控
- Author:
Liying ZHOU
1
;
Xiangjie LI
1
;
Ziyi CHEN
1
Author Information
1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Modern Silk Road spirit;
“Belt and Road” Initiative;
Tropical disease control
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2025;37(3):316-320
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The modern Silk Road spirit advocating for win-win cooperative partnerships, aligns with the target of the “Belt and Road” Initiative, which provides new opportunities for collaboration on tropical disease control among countries along the “Belt and Road”. The modern Silk Road spirit may effectively facilitate tropical disease control programmes and improve disease control concepts and approaches through collaborative research, information sharing, infrastructure development, and joint efforts in pharmaceuticals and vaccine development; however, there are still multiple challenges that require to be overcome, including political and cultural differences, and data sharing. Therefore, countries participating in the “Belt and Road” Initiative need to work together with mutual respects, build effective collaborative mechanisms and improve communications to jointly facilitate the sustainable development of global tropical disease control programmes and cultural exchange, so as to contribute to global health and prosperities. This article discusses the contribution of the modern Silk Road spirit to facilitating global tropical disease control programmes in the context of the “Belt and Road” Initiative.
