Beijing to improve mental health care for pregnant women

2018-12-12

Beijing has introduced mental health assessments for pregnant women to provide them with better mental health care, according to the Beijing Daily on Dec 11.

NHC minister attends senior health officials meeting in Macao SAR

2018-12-11

Ma Xiaowei, minister of China’s National Health Commission, attended the Seventeenth Joint Meeting of Senior Health Officials of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao held on Dec 6 in the Macao Special Administration Region (SAR).

China makes headway in preventing, curing endemic diseases

2018-12-11

Endemic diseases including iodine deficiency, Kaschin-Beck disease and Keshan disease are under effective control in China, as the country makes steady progress in the prevention and cure of such illnesses.

Price of generic drugs halves in pilot 'group-buying'

2018-12-11

Compared with 2017, the prices of 25 generic drugs dropped by an average of 52 percent thanks to a pilot procurement in 11 major Chinese cities, the organizer said on Dec 8.

China launches three-year campaign against endemic diseases

2018-12-11

China has launched a three-year campaign on the prevention and cure of endemic diseases between 2018 and 2020, according to an action plan jointly released by the National Health Commission (NHC) and nine other authorities.

Doctors from Shanghai conduct medical service, provide trainings in Xinjiang

2018-12-10

Schools health promotion meeting held in Beijing

2018-12-09

The National Health Commission (NHC) held a meeting on school health promotion on Dec 7, 2018 in Beijing.

Vice-premier calls for centralized medicine procurement to cut prices

2018-12-08

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan on Dec 7 stressed the need for centralized medicine procurement and market-oriented drug prices in an effort to reduce the burden on patients.