Five characteristics of avian influenza in seven provinces of China

Introduction: China News Agency, November 10, Beijing (Reporter Zeng Liming) she Jing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of health and director of the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine, said today that we should organize a team of experts of traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen the clinical research and personnel training of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, so as to play the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza She Jing pointed out at the pilot work of implementing the new rural cooperative medical system and the working conference of rural traditional Chinese medicine held here that the severe situation of the avian influenza epidemic has attracted worldwide attention According to expert analysis, the avian influenza epidemic in seven provinces and regions of China, including Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Hunan and Liaoning, has the following characteristics: increasing threat to human beings Last year, the avian influenza epidemic in China was multi-point spread, each of which was small in scale and caused less harm This year, some of the outbreaks were large in scale and wide in coverage, making it difficult to effectively prevent and control human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza; - prevention and control of human influenza and poultry outbreaks were combined; - the weak link of avian influenza prevention and control was in the countryside Avian influenza mainly occurs in rural areas, with poor health conditions, weak self-protection awareness of farmers, and poor awareness of grassroots rural health and epidemic prevention personnel, especially the lack of epidemic situation monitoring personnel in rural areas, so it is more difficult to establish a rapid response mechanism to prevent and control human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza in rural areas; -- some places do not pay attention to the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the measures are not implemented, and there are still many gaps in the training of health professionals; - there has been a broad consensus on the prevention and control of the world influenza pandemic, and China is responsible for the prevention and control of the epidemic, especially the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza She stressed that at present, the avian influenza epidemic has not been fully controlled, and there is still a risk of human transmission Therefore, she asked the Provincial TCM management departments to attach great importance to the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, strengthen the organizational leadership of TCM, strengthen the coordination and cooperation with disease control, medical administration, agriculture and other departments, improve the joint prevention and control mechanism, put forward the specific requirements and measures for the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza, and strengthen the supervision and inspection To improve the awareness of "early detection, early report, early control and early treatment" of medical institutions and personnel of traditional Chinese medicine It is known that in order to prevent the spread of avian influenza to human beings and respond to the infection of human beings with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Ministry of health this week held a teleconference on the prevention and control of the national health system, which proposed the goal of ensuring that the human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza does not cause widespread transmission and maintaining normal socio-economic situation and social stability.