The national immunization program vaccine provided free of charge has been increased to "14 vaccines against 15 diseases", and the central government has invested more than 3 billion yuan each year.
CCTV News:On November 1, the State Council held a press conference on "Promoting the high-quality development of health and protecting people’s health". At the meeting, Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health and Wellness Commission and director of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that immunization planning is an important work with remarkable results and wide influence in the cause of disease control and prevention in China. The immunization coverage rate of school-age children in China has remained above 90%, and various vaccines can prevent the incidence of infectious diseases from falling to the lowest level in history. Conscientiously implement the Vaccine Management Law, continuously improve the policies of immunization planning, strengthen the construction of vaccination service system, and ensure the scientific, standardized and orderly development of immunization planning.
Wang Hesheng said that the number of immunization programs provided by the state to residents free of charge has increased to "14 vaccines against 15 diseases", and the central government has invested more than 3 billion yuan annually. Many provinces have continuously expanded the types of immunization program vaccines in their own provinces in light of the actual situation. In addition, in some places, people such as the "one old and one young" are vaccinated with influenza and other vaccines free of charge, and a four-level immunization planning monitoring and management system covering the country, province, city and county and a three-level vaccination service network covering the county, township and village are established. It has realized the docking between the national and provincial immunization planning information system platforms, and between the provincial immunization planning information system and the national vaccine traceability collaborative platform, further improving the quality and efficiency of vaccination work.
Wang Hesheng said that it will continue to strengthen the standardized management of vaccination, use information technology to promote cross-regional information interconnection and data sharing, launch a pilot program of electronic vaccination certificates, promote the realization of "letting data run more and people run less errands", and improve the accessibility and convenience of vaccination services.