The report of the State Council on the work of promoting children's health (hereinafter referred to as the report) was submitted to the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation on the 21st. The report points out that common infectious diseases among children have been effectively controlled. In 2021, the reported incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases among children aged 0-18 years was 928.16/100000, a decrease of 16.2% compared with 2012. The report says that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the overall health level of children in China has improved significantly, and the child health related goals of the China children's development outline (2011-2020) have been achieved on schedule. In 2021, the national infant mortality rate and the mortality rate of children under 5 years old will be 5.0 ‰ and 7.1 ‰ respectively, down 51.5% and 46.2% compared with 2012, which are generally better than the average level of middle and high-income countries. The growth retardation rate and low body weight rate of children under 6 years old have been gradually improved, especially in rural children. The report points out that common infectious diseases among children have been effectively controlled. In 2021, the reported incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases among children aged 0-18 years was 928.16/100000, a decrease of 16.2% compared with 2012. The high incidence of serious birth defects has been preliminarily controlled. Compared with 2010, birth defects will reduce the mortality of children under the age of 5 from 2.8 ‰ to 1.3 ‰ in 2020, and the incidence of serious disabling birth defects such as neural tube defects and Down syndrome will decrease by 41%. According to the report, the coverage of the first dose of novel coronavirus vaccine and the coverage of the whole course of vaccination among people aged 3 to 17 in China reached more than 98% and 95% respectively. In terms of building a child health service system integrating prevention and treatment, the report shows that by the end of 2021, there were 151 children's hospitals in China, with 2.2 beds per 1000 children, an increase of 0.27 compared with 2015. The number of pediatric licensed (Assistant) doctors in China has increased from 118000 in 2015 to 206000 in 2021. In addition, according to the report, 1379 maternal and child health care institutions nationwide have provided children's mental health services, 318 prefectures and cities have set up psychiatric hospitals, and 2756 districts and counties have been able to provide mental health services, which has initially alleviated the shortage of mental services for children at the grass-roots level. Maxiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission, was entrusted by the State Council to make a report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the same day. He pointed out that the current regional and urban-rural children's health status is still unbalanced, and the total amount of children's medical and health resources is insufficient and the distribution is uneven; The child health service network, especially the grass-roots child health service network, needs to be strengthened; The overall scale of children's medication is small, and the clinical trials are difficult. In response to these difficulties and problems, the report puts forward the next work arrangement, including strengthening the guarantee of children's medication, promoting the high-quality development of children's medical and health services, accelerating the work of health services for key groups, and strengthening the construction of children's health talent team. (outlook new era)
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