Archives of Disease in Childhood 新千年发展目标时代中国儿童健康

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ChildhealthinChinaintheMillenniumDevelopmentGoalera

BoSun,1KunLiang,2BinYi,3LiZhang4

1LaboratoryofNeonatal

MedicineofNationalHealthandFamilyPlanningCommission,DepartmentsofPediatricsandNeonatology,Children’sHospitalofFudanUniversity,Shanghai,China2DepartmentsofPediatricsand

Neonatology,FirstHospitalofKunmingMedicalUniversity,Kunming,Yunnan,China3DepartmentofNeonatology,

GansuProvincialWomenandChildren’sHospital(GansuProvincialMaternityHospital),Lanzhou,Gansu,China4DepartmentofNeonatology,

NorthwestWomenandChildren’sHospital(ShaanxiProvincialMaternityHospital),Xi’an,Shaanxi,China

CorrespondencetoProfessorBoSun,DepartmentsofPediatricsandNeonatology,Children’sHospitalofFudanUniversity,andtheLaboratoryofNeonatalMedicineofNationalHealthandFamilyPlanningCommission,Shanghai201102,China;bsun@shmu.edu.cn

Received27August2014Revised3September2014Accepted4September2014

Tocite:SunB,LiangK,YiB,etal.ArchDisChild2015;100(Suppl1):s61–s62.

TheMillenniumDevelopmentalGoal(MDG)4,initiatedin1990aimingtoreducemortalityofchil-drenunder5yearsofage(U5M)bytwo-thirdin2015,wasachievedinChinatoanaveragelevellowerthan15/1000in20121–3(table1).Given

China’ssize(1.34billionpopulationwith16milliondeliveriesannually),thismilestonehasworldwideimplications.Thismilestonewasachievedthroughacombinationofefforts:social,economic,governmen-talandmedical.4Overthetwoandhalfdecades,

U5MhasundergonethreephasesofdramaticchangesinChina.First,thereductionofdiarrhoeaandpneumoniaoccurredbetween1990and1999asaresultofenhancedpublichealthpolicyineffectandlivingstandardimprovementwhenChinawasintransitionfromalow-incomecountrytowardsalow-to-middle-incomedevelopingcountry,accountedforbyimprovedpublichealthcaresystemthroughvaccinationininfancyandchildhood,housingandwatersupply,sanitationandessentialhealthcare.Anotherprominentadvancewassignificantreductionofmaternalandinfantmortalitybetween2000and2008,34achievedbyprenatalmonitoringofhigh-riskpregnancycomplicationandin-hospitaldelivery,byeradicationofneonataltetanusandalleviationofbirthasphyxiaandbypreventionandtreatmentofvariousneonataldiseases,includingprenataldiagnosisandneonatalsurgery.Ingeneral,inthisperiod,therewasrapidurbanisationsothatmaternalandinfanthealthcarewasmoreefficientthanthatinruralareasineachprovinceuntil2010whenurbanresidentsexceeded50%ofthetotalpopulation.Moreverypreterminfantssurvivedfromperinatalrisks,5anddisparitiesofmaternalandneonatalmortalitiesbetweenruralandurbanregionswerenarrowedfrom4–5timesto1–2times(table1),indicatingtheeffectivenessofsus-tainedpoliciesandprogrammeenforcement.Finally,in2009–2014,therewasanintroductionofwidelyestablishedhealthcaresystem,especiallyfornationwideruralresidentssubjectedtoNewRuralCooperativeMedicalSchemetotackleavail-abilityandaffordabilityofhealthcareinneonate,infantandchildhoodinlow-economicdevelop-mentprovincesandregions.1Thisuniversalhealth-careinsurancepolicyisbasedonvoluntaryparticipationforallruralfamiliesandindividualsthroughpaymentofpremiumtoachieveanaverageof300–350ChineseYuan(CNY)peryearperhead,andnationalandprovincialgovernmentfinancewillcover80%–85%ofit.Thispoolofhealthinsurancecollectedisintegratedtocovercostsonstratifiedtotalsumandhospitalservicelevels,reimbursingupto70%–80%ofthetotalpatienthospitalisedcarecosts,equivalentto4–6timesofthelocalruralfamilyannualtotalincome.Upto2013,alltheprovincesandmostoftheruralresidentswereenrolledandsubjectedtothisinsur-ance.Adjustmentswerealsomadetoenablethosetreatedbyprovincialpublichealthcareservicesatnon-residentregistryareaoreligibletospecialther-apiesforsevereandchronicdiseasestomaximisethebenefitfortheruralparticipants.Fornewborninfants,theirhospitalisedcostsarecoveredwiththeirmaternalinsuranceforupto50%ofthetotalsum.Incontrasttothecauseofdeathofneonatesandpostneonatalinfancy,theleadingcauseofU5Misassociatedwithpulmonaryinfection(pneumonia)andsepsis,butunexpectedasphyxia,trafficacci-dent,neardrowning,traumaandcausesotherthaninfectiontendedtobecomemajoronesimpactingonpaediatricemergencyandintensivecare.Congenitalheartdisease,tumourandmalignancy,congenitalmalformationandgeneticallyinheritedmetabolicdisorders,andtransmissibleviralinfec-tionremainimportantmorbiditiescontributingtoU5M,whichpromotedestablishmentandimprove-mentofpaediatricsurgicalandpaediatriccriticalcareinalmostallprovincialandmostsubprovincialcentralhospitals.Thiswasinitiatedbynationalandprovincialspecialfunds-basedprogrammestoeachcountygeneralormaternityhospitalsofmidlandandwestprovincestoupgradetheirpaediatriccrit-icalcareservicestandardthatmayserveforunex-pectedeventsofpandemicsofseveresystemicandrespiratoryviralinfectiousdiseasesandaccidentaltraumatichazardinchildren,inadditiontodailycareofneonatalandinfantemergencyneeds.Now,challengesforthepost-MDG4erawillbethegoaloftheso-called‘womenandchildren’shealthcareplan’,mainlyatprovincialandsubpro-vinciallevelsbyintegratedeffortsfrompublichealthandclinicalmedicalcare,socialdevelopmentandplanning,financeandsocialwelfareaspects,executedbytheofficefromprovincialcommissionofhealthandfamilyplanning(formerprovincialdepartmentofhealth)anditssubsidiariesatsub-provincial(cityandregional)andcountylevels.Theyear2014isalsodesignatedas‘theyearforwomenandchildren’shealthcareservice’bytheNationalHealthandFamilyPlanningCommission1