Impacts and strategies for the disease control and prevention system in the COVID-19 outbreak
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2020.20110
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情对疾病预防控制体系的影响及思考
- Author:
Cheng-yue LI
1
;
Pei-wu SHI
;
Qun-hong SHEN
;
Zhao-yang ZHANG
;
Zheng CHEN
;
Chuan PU
;
Zhi HU
;
Ling-zhong XU
;
An-ning MA
;
Zhao-hui GONG
;
Tian-qiang XU
;
Pan-shi WANG
;
Hua WANG
;
Chao HAO
;
Xiang GAO
;
Li LI
;
Qing-yu ZHOU
;
Mo HAO
Author Information
1. Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
the COVID-19 outbreak;
disease control and prevention system;
problems;
strategies
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;32(4):303-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The outbreak of COVID-19 has exposed many shortcomings in disease control and prevention system (DCPS) of China.Resolving the problems and strengthening the DCPS became the top priority on China′s public policy agenda.This paper reveals the problems of the DCPS system regarding policy-making, regulations, operation mechanism and staff, and proposes several strategies from three aspects of legal construction, management system, and operation mechanism, including:"Prevention first" should be incorporated into the national legal system, all the departments should be engaged in "Healthy China 2030" initiative, laws and regulations should be amended, new disease prevention and control management institutions should be set up, a high-quality professional team should be retained, the regional health information exchange channels should be strengthened, the coordinated mechanism for disease prevention and control should be normalized, the long-term investment mechanism should be established, and the equipment renewal and reserve system should be improved.