China to launch pilot program to promote HPV vaccination
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30 Apr 2021, 23:30 GMT+10
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) China will introduce a pilot program to promote the inoculation of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and improve the rate and quality of cervical cancer screening nationwide this year, according to a health official. The National Health Commission (NHC) is working to enhance measures for the tertiary prevention of cervical cancer to protect women s health, said NHC official Song Li. Song said that China implemented a cervical cancer screening program in major national public health services in 2009. More than 120 million cervical cancer examinations have been conducted free of charge across the nation, Song added.
2021-04-30 13:05:49 GMT2021-04-30 21:05:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) China will introduce a pilot program to promote the inoculation of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and improve the rate and quality of cervical cancer screening nationwide this year, according to a health official.
The National Health Commission (NHC) is working to enhance measures for the tertiary prevention of cervical cancer to protect women s health, said NHC official Song Li.
Song said that China implemented a cervical cancer screening program in major national public health services in 2009.
More than 120 million cervical cancer examinations have been conducted free of charge across the nation, Song added. Enditem
2021-04-29 06:10:58 GMT2021-04-29 14:10:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) China s nationwide maternal mortality rate was 16.9 per 100,000 in 2020, down 15.9 percent than 2015, said a health official on Thursday.
The infant mortality rate was 5.4 per 1,000 in 2020, a decrease of 33.3 percent compared with 2015, said Song Li, head of the division of women and children of the National Health Commission at a news briefing.
The mortality rate of children under five years old is 7.5 per 1,000 in 2020, down 30 percent compared with 2015, she said.
The maternal mortality rate is well below the median of 43 per 100,000 in middle- and upper-income countries. China s core indicators of maternal and child health also rank top among middle- and upper-income countries in the world, she added.
2021-04-29 11:35:54 GMT2021-04-29 19:35:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) The rate of women giving birth in a hospital remained at over 99 percent during the 2016-2020 period in China.
Song Li, an official with the National Health Commission, gave the figure Thursday at a press conference, while elaborating on China s improvement in terms of the equity and accessibility of health services to women and children over the past five years.
Service capacity in the area also increased during the same period, Song said, noting that the number of obstetricians and gynecologists has risen by 18.2 percent to 325,000 and that of pediatricians by 34.1 percent to 159,000, compared with 2015.
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BEIJING - China s nationwide maternal mortality rate was 16.9 per 100,000 in 2020, down 15.9 percent than 2015, said a health official on Thursday.
The infant mortality rate was 5.4 per 1,000 in 2020, a decrease of 33.3 percent compared with 2015, said Song Li, head of the division of women and children of the National Health Commission at a news briefing.
The mortality rate of children under five years old is 7.5 per 1,000 in 2020, down 30 percent compared with 2015, she said.
The maternal mortality rate is well below the median of 43 per 100,000 in middle- and upper-income countries. China s core indicators of maternal and child health also rank top among middle- and upper-income countries in the world, she added.