Infectious diseases kill 1,306 in China in April
2017-05-24
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,306 people died from infectious diseases on the Chinese mainland in April, according to official data released.
China attends G20 health ministers’ meeting
2017-05-24
Li Bin, minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), attended G20’s health ministers’ meeting in Berlin from May 19 to 20. Themed “joint commitment for shaping global health”, the meeting held a desktop exercise to explore ways to further improve the capacity of responding to health emergencies across countries.
Official: Taiwan can blame itself
2017-05-24
As a result, she said, the political basis for Taiwan's participation in the annual conference of the global health body has ceased to exist.According to Li, from 2009 to 2016 the central government made special arrangements for Taiwan to attend the annual assembly as an observer, under the name "Chinese Taipei", in accordance with the 1992 Consensus reached between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.S
Chinese delegation repeats one-China principle as prerequisite for Taiwan's WHA attendance
2017-05-24
Through consultations with the WHO, the central government of China has also made proper arrangements for the application of the International Health Regulations in Taiwan, she said, adding that Taiwan "can access the information on public health emergencies released by the WHO, so the so-called 'epidemic prevention gap' doesn't exist at all.
China to continue improving fairness, accessibility of health service: minister
2017-05-23
GENEVA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China has established for its 1.3 billion people a basic medical care system and will continue improving the fairness, accessibility, quality and efficiency of its health service, a senior Chinese official said here.
Minister Li Bin responds to Taiwan-related questions of the World Health Assembly
2017-05-22
At 4:00 pm May 21 (Geneva time), China’s delegation to the 70th World Health Assembly held a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Russians seek TCM care across border
2017-05-19
The director of a Harbin hospital said she has been glad to see traditional Chinese medicine becoming more popular. But in this case, the new patients are not Chinese, but Russians who cross into the border province of Heilongjiang for treatment.
Two jailed for illegally selling vaccines
2017-05-19
Two people have been sentenced to jail after being convicted of illegal trading vaccines, Xinhua News Agency reported on May 18.
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