Declaration of Astana and preventive medicine in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2019.02.003
- VernacularTitle: 《阿斯塔纳宣言》与中国的预防医学
- Author:
Hui YANG
1
;
Yude CHEN
2
Author Information
1. School of Primary Health Care and Allied Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melboume 3168, Australia
2. School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Primary health care;
Preventive medicine;
Declaration of astana;
Alma-Ata Declaration;
Universal health coverage
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2019;53(2):136-140
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
At the time of the 40th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration, the World Health Organization member states signed the Declaration of Astana. From Health For All to Universal Health Coverage, primary health care is consistantly identified as the key to achieving human health, and preventive services are critical and central component of primary health care. China has provided valuable experience for primary health care to countries around the world. However, with significant socioeconomic changes and rapid population aging, the contexts of primary health care and prevention services in China has undergone tremendous changes. Chronic diseases have become major burden of disease. System development and institution building, health service delivery system development, and the entire society of the country with large population are encountering new and serious challenges. On the basis of reviewing the development of preventive medical services in China for 40 years, Authors analyzes strengths and weaknesses of preventive services in China and looks forward to the challenges and opportunities in the coming decades, from perspective of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies, and proposes suggestions for future development.
