Three-year plan for Belt and Road health cooperation (2015-2017)
The National Health and Family Planning Commission recently unveiled the three-year plan for Belt and Road health exchange and cooperation (2015-2017).
Strategic goal
Near-term targets
Formulate Belt and Road health strategic study and implementation plans in 1-3 years;
Reach broad consensus with countries on the Road and Belt, and establish health cooperation mechanism;
Carry out health cooperation projects in the three-year construction plan (2015-2017) of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century. Realize preliminary results from major cooperation fields.
Medium-term goals
Establish health cooperation networks among neighboring countries and those on the Road and Belt, and stabilize cooperation mechanism;
Improve policy support and coordination, and initiate new strategic projects on infectious disease prevention and treatment;
Increase China's voice and influence in multilateral health governance at regional or global level.
Long-term goal
Realize effective results in all major projects in 5-10 years, and develop new projects to benefit countries on the Road and Belt.
Increase China's role in multilateral health governance at regional or global levels, and develop an all-round cooperation model among Belt and Road countries.
Major cooperation fields
Cooperative mechanism development
Strengthen high-level health visits among countries on the Road and Belt, and push for cooperation agreements with countries, especially neighbors. Develop a health forums integrating intergovernmental cooperation, inter-institutional exchanges and health expos. Host Silk Road health forum, China-ASEAN health forum, China-Central and Eastern Europe health ministers' forum, and China-Arab health forum.
Infectious disease prevention and control
Establish communication mechanisms on infectious diseases with neighboring countries, and strengthen prevention and control for cross-border areas. Enhance cooperation with Greater Mekong Subregion in prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, malaria, dengue fever, plague, bird flu, influenza and tuberculosis. Strengthen cooperation with Central Asian countries in echinococcosis, plague and other zoonosis. Work with West Asian countries to eliminate polio. Develop outbreak reporting and emergency coordination mechanisms, improve rapid response. Strengthen infectious disease prevention and treatment.
Capacity development and talent cultivation
Strengthen cooperation in professional talent cultivation, and help improve public health management. Establish high-level medical facilities in Xinjiang, Guangxi, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Fujian, and carry out short- and long-term education and training projects. Build public health network with central and eastern Europe and medical university alliance between China and Russia. Encourage academic and non-governmental organizations to carry out teaching, scientific research and personnel exchange programs. Carry out 1,000 medical personnel exchanges and training activities with relevant countries.
Health rapid response and emergency aid
Hold exchanges and cooperation with countries on the Road and Belt for health emergency, and carry out joint drills. Establish short-term and emergency aid coordination mechanisms, and send anti-epidemic teams to relevant countries for emergency aid.
Traditional medicine
Consolidate and expand cooperation in traditional medicine, and help traditional Chinese medicine go global. Carry out cooperation in TCM healthcare, education, research and industry to help TCM companies go abroad. Promote joint development and formulation of traditional medicine standards, push for construction of international certification and accreditation system, and improve the competitiveness of traditional Chinese medicine.
Health system and policy
Establish long-term cooperation in health and policy, and increase mutual understanding of universal health coverage, medical and health reform. Promote China's health development ideas, encourage academic institutes and experts to conduct policy research and activities, and share China's experience .
Health development aid
Assist less developed countries or regions based on health needs, send Chinese medical teams to neighboring countries and to those on the Road and Belt. Send medical and health personnel to conduct technical assistance. Fund infrastructure construction, and donate medicines and supplies. Carry out various training programs and conduct short-term volunteer ophthalmology treatment.
Health development
Help Chinese drugs and medical devices go global, increase product marketing, support capable pharmaceutical companies in building factories abroad, encourage trade barrier reduction.
Major projects and activities
Cooperative mechanism development
1. Hold Silk Road health cooperation forum
2. Hold China-ASEAN health cooperation forum
3. Hold China-Central and Eastern Europe health ministers' forum
4. Hold China-Arab health cooperation forum
Infectious disease prevention and control
5. Joint infectious diseases prevention and control mechanism in Central Asia
6. Infectious disease monitoring, prevention and control in the Greater Mekong Subregion
7. Joint infectious diseases prevention and control program in the cross-border zone of the Greater Mekong Subregion
8. Joint prevention program on artemisinin resistance from malaria
9. Schistosomiasis elimination and control project in Mekong
Capacity building and talent cultivation
10. China-ASEAN health personnel training plan
11. China-Indonesia public health personnel cooperation and training plan
12. China-Central and Eastern Europe public hospital cooperation network
13. Medical university alliance between China and Russia
14. China-Laos medical service community project
15. The 5th Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics and Child Health
Health emergency aid
16. Disaster medicine cooperation project between China and Russia
17. Emergency medical rescue center for marine perils in Guangxi
Traditional medicine
18. Maritime Silk Road ASEAN tour
19. The China-ASEAN traditional medicine exchange and cooperation center construction project
20. The 16th International Congress of Oriental Medicine
21. 2015 China-ASEAN traditional medicine and health tourism international forum (Bama forum)
22. The Third China (Ningxia) Nationality Pharmaceutical Expo
23. China-Czech traditional Chinese medicine center construction project
24. China-Southeast Asia academic seminar of traditional Chinese medicine (intention)
25. Traditional Chinese medicine Confucius institute in Oman (intention)
26. Traditional Chinese medicine center at Jihlava hospital in the Czech Republic (intention)
27. Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment center at Pearson State Hospital in the Czech Republic (intention)
Health system and policy
28. Universal health coverage development monitoring and research network for APEC economies
29. 2015 Silk Road Economic Belt strategy and health promotion seminar
Health development aid
30. Carry out volunteer ophthalmology diagnosis
32. Volunteer ophthalmology diagnosis in Myanmar
33. Medical service center construction project at the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt in Xinjiang
34. Kazakhstan "Shaanxi village" hospital construction aid project
35 China-Central Asian countries Made-in-China medical equipment promotion and application program (intention)
36. Inner Mongolia's international Mongolian medicine hospital branch construction in Mongolia (intention)
37. China-United Arab Emirates friendship hospital construction project in the UAE (intention)
38. China-ASEAN joint healthcare center construction project (intention)
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