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INTERVIEW WITH JEFFERY P. KOPLAN, MD MPH
Full text linkDr. Jeffery P. Koplan was the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1998 to 2002, and is currently the Vice President for Global Health at Emory University and the Director of Emory Global Health Institute. Dr. Koplan began his public health career in the early 1970s, and has worked on virtually every major public health issue, including infectious diseases, environmental health issues, chronic diseases and the health toll of tobacco, both in the United States and around the globe. Recently, Emory Global Health Institute received a $14 million, five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and established the China Tobacco Partnership program. Dr. Koplan is the principal investigator of the grant and is leading the partnership, which is devoted to reduce the burden of tobacco use in China. In this interview with Drs. Zheng Li and Feijun Luo, Dr. Koplan talked about the Tobacco Partnership program, his over 30-year of involvement in public health in China, his observation on the changes occurred in China, and the differences between the public health systems in the United States and that in China
RURAL SANITATION CHALLENGES: GATHERING A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE IN YUNNAN, CHINA
Full text linkThis paper examines the adoption and use of “biodigesters”, a simple waste-to-energy toilet technology in China. Through interviews with stakeholders directly involved and impacted by water and sanitation development in southwestern China, this paper explores the incentives and barriers to scaling-up biodigesters in rural China. It further examines the extent to which biodigesters are in-line with China’s national and local public health priorities, as well opportunities to establish best practices in the emerging private and not-for-profit sectors. After four decades of use in China, the successes and shortcomings of biodigesters are known, and the experience offers valuable lessons to worldwide rural health development and sanitation campaigns
New Book: “Saving Lives in Wartime China: How Medical Reformers Built Modern Healthcare Systems amid War and Epidemics, 1928-1945”
Full text linkIn the 1920s and 1930s most Chinese people suffered from overwhelming health problems. Epidemic diseases killed tens of millions, drought, flood, starvation and famine killed many more, and unhygienic birthing, coupled with the inferior status of women, led to very high rates of maternal and child mortality. The Civil War between Nationalist and Communist forces, and the nation-wide War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945), imposed a further tide of misery and misfortune.Troubled by such extensive trauma, a small number of health care reformers, serving both Nationalist and Communist forces, were able to save tens of thousands of lives, promote hygiene and sanitation, and begin to bring battlefield casualties, communicable diseases, and maternal child mortality, under control. This study describes their work and its results. Date of Publication: November 2013Publisher: E. J. Brill, Leiden and BostonDate of Chinese Language Edition: August 2015Publisher: Fudan University Press Author Affiliation:John R. Watt is Vice President, the ABMAC Foundation (New York) and Visiting Professor, No. 3 People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
Increasing Epidemic of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in China
Full text linkSexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) were virtually eliminated in China in 1964 after Chinese government illegalized commercial sex and implemented active prevention and treatment programs among former sex workers (Chen et al., 2000). However, in the last three decades, the centralized economy in China made a transition to a more market-oriented economy, which brought significant changes in culture and social norms and dramatically influenced sexual attitude and behaviors among Chinese adults. One consequence of those changes is the significantly increasing prevalence of STDs in China(Abrams, 2001). The common STDs in China include gonorrhea, syphilis, AIDS, cervicitis, genital herpes, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and chlamydial infection
INTERVIEW WITH DR. REN MINGHUI, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, CHINA
Full text linkDr. REN is the Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the People’s Republic of China. Throughout his career, Dr. REN has been involved in numerous health policy research projects including the “Health care systems research in rural China” (MOH), “Financing and organization of health care services in poverty areas of China” (World Bank), “The pilot study of health insurance reform in urban China” (Chinese State Council) and the “Experiment in community health protection-policy exploration, training and demonstration program” (UNDP). In recent years, as a senior representative of the Chinese government, he served as a leading board member in a number of international organizations including WHO, UNAIDS, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. He is also the point of contact for many Chinese bilateral cooperation mechanisms in health. Dr. REN received his MD, MPH and PHD from Xi’an Medical University in 1987, Harvard School of Public Health in 1993 and Peking University in 2008, respectively. Dr. Lingling Zhang initiated this interview when she met with Dr. REN at the Harvard America-China Health Summit organized by the Harvard School of Public Health China Initiative. Dr. REN was one of the invited guests of honor at the Summit. Dr. REN responded to Dr. Zhang’s questions in writing after he returned to China
