On the afternoon of December 23, “public health talent promotion project” was officially launched in Beijing. Experts in relevant fields talked about the construction of China’s public health system and personnel training.
“The core of strengthening the capacity-building of public health security governance is to improve the ability and quality of public health talents.” Zhang Shuo, academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering, said that public health talents are the key construction team of the new round of national talent strategy. We should comprehensively improve the professional quality and ability of public health practitioners.
It is reported that in June this year, the cadre training center (Party School) of the National Health Commission, the talent exchange service center of the National Health Commission, the capacity-building and continuing education center of the National Health Commission, the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, the China Teacher Development Foundation, the China Population Welfare Foundation, the Beijing Medical Award Foundation China Health Promotion Foundation and other institutions jointly planned the “public health talent promotion project” with Tencent, hoping to support the ability improvement of chief experts, young elites, clinicians, managers, rural doctors and other groups of China’s disease control system by setting up a new curriculum system and strengthening practical research, so as to systematically help expand the public health talent team Improve the scientific research and practical ability of public health. After more than five months of preparation, the “public health talent promotion project” was officially launched.
Zhang said, “the launch of the project coincides with the time. We hope that social forces can give full play to the flexibility of free exploration, play a role of filling and helping in the national strategic plan for public health talent training, promote the standardization and institutionalization of talent training in the field of public health, and play a longer-term strategic value.”
“The covid-19 epidemic has brought us a lot of enlightenment, including reforming and improving the public health system and strengthening the construction of public health talents.” Li liming, Professor of the school of public health of Peking University and vice president of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, said that public health needs a new orientation in the new era. It is the cornerstone of the construction of a healthy China and an important guarantee for national peace and security, national security and social stability.
E Qishun, a second level inspector of the grass-roots health department of the National Health Commission, said that rural doctors are an important part of China’s medical and health team and the health gatekeeper closest to rural residents. In many aspects, such as the diagnosis and treatment of common and frequently occurring diseases, the national basic public health service projects, health management, health poverty alleviation, epidemic prevention and control, etc, Both play an irreplaceable role and are an important force in developing rural medical and health undertakings and ensuring the health of rural residents.
It is reported that Tencent is one of the important participants in the “public health talent improvement project”, and Tencent Charity Foundation will donate 100 million yuan to support it. Tencent foundation also actively supports a group of academicians, top scholars and scientific research teams from abroad, focusing on the short-term, medium and long-term “war epidemic” needs, timely carry out research on virus detection, drug screening, epidemiological monitoring and other topics, quickly accumulate knowledge and experience, and then promote the improvement of China’s and even the global public health system.
(Xinhua Finance)
