At the beginning of the founding of New China, according to the situation at that time, the central government formulated the policy of "prevention first" in health work, and used the experience and model of Soviet disease control for reference to set up the China Central Health and Epidemic Prevention Brigade, which went to epidemic areas all over the country with the idea and method of fighting to carry out the work of eliminating and controlling infectious diseases. 65438-0954 The Ministry of Health issued the Interim Measures for Health and Epidemic Prevention Stations. After that, health and epidemic prevention stations were established all over the country, and then a three-level health and epidemic prevention institution was formed under the leadership of the epidemic prevention department of the Central Ministry of Health. The prevention and health care personnel of hospitals in urban areas and township hospitals in rural areas have formed a disease prevention network. Epidemic prevention institutions and medical institutions have cooperated closely to jointly undertake the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, endemic diseases, occupational diseases, parasitic diseases and other diseases within their jurisdiction, which greatly reduced the incidence, mortality and disability rate of these diseases, effectively protected people's health and promoted the all-round development of our society.
The convening of three consecutive national health conferences by the Ministry of Health and the proposal of four major policies on health work have laid a foundation for the development of health and epidemic prevention in new China.
In the early days of the founding of New China, Mao Zedong led the people throughout the country to carry out arduous disease prevention and control work. Various infectious diseases have been brought under control.
Up to now, the development of health and epidemic prevention has gradually matured and infectious diseases have been effectively controlled.