WHO sets health goals for Beijing Games
By Zhang Feng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-05-18 09:09 "We will do our best, depending on our surveillance system, to monitor the
symptoms of any infectious diseases, quickly issue alarms and take effective
emergency response measures," said Wang Yu, director of Chinese Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention.
China has established the world's biggest reporting system for dozens of
infectious diseases, Wang said, before adding that in the coming two years, it
will become an increasingly urgent task for China to set up a surveillance
system and an information-sharing network.
Beijing has already established a comprehensive prevention and control
system, including surveillance and response, to contain new or major outbreaks
of infectious diseases, said Liang Wannian, deputy director of Beijing Health
Bureau.
Meanwhile, an emergency medical rescue network that covers both urban and
rural areas of Beijing has begun to take shape, Liang said.
As well as infectious disease prevention, China has also begun to work
comprehensively in various public health fields.
For example, the Organizing Committee of Beijing Olympic Games has already
selected farming and breeding bases to provide foods for the Games, said Dai
Jianping, deputy director of Department of Medical and Health Services of the
organizing committee.
In these bases, strict tests and experiments are being done on livestock and
vegetables to ensure athletes and visitors are offered the highest quality food
available.
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