CCTV News:On December 10th, the National Health and Wellness Commission held a regular press conference to introduce the situation of health poverty alleviation and designated poverty alleviation.
Cheng Yi, deputy director of the News Network Department of the Propaganda Department of the National Health and Wellness Commission, introduced that health poverty alleviation is an important part of the strategy of precision poverty alleviation and precision poverty alleviation. The National Health and Wellness Commission has further promoted health poverty alleviation and strived to ensure basic medical care for the poor.
On the one hand, we adhere to the principle of ensuring the basics and grasping the bottom line, and simultaneously exert efforts on both sides of supply and demand to promote the fairness and accessibility of basic medical and health resources. Strengthen health protection on the demand side and accurately establish a guarantee mechanism to prevent "poverty due to illness and return to poverty due to illness". Optimize health services on the supply side and comprehensively improve the conditions and capabilities of medical and health services in counties in poverty-stricken areas.
On the other hand, adhere to the concept of "great health, great health", treat and prevent two-pronged approach, implement classified treatment of serious diseases and chronic diseases, strengthen disease prevention and control, and push forward the health poverty alleviation barrier.
Cheng Yi also said that the Health and Wellness Committee fully implemented the responsibility of assistance, helped designated counties to get rid of poverty, and publicized and promoted many good experiences and good practices that emerged in various places during the process of health and poverty alleviation.