Summary of the Briefing
2.
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The public health
system,
started way back in
1946, was based on the four principles :
(a) public health was a public service;
(b) accent was
placed on preventive health in primary
health care;
(c) attention was given to the integration of Chinese
and western medicine; and
(d) the
importance of participation at the grassroots
level was stressed.
3.
As
rural areas
China was largely rural, reforms started in the
through the
of a system which
introduction
could be applied not only in the villages, but also in
counties and townships, eg a three-tiered system which
linked village to county, & to province; and a network in
the city which operates via district ( ), street (5),
( 5 } etc.
application of this system
necessitated the introduction
'si'
The
of barefoot doctors in the_
early days to cater to the masses and to stress on the
importance of self care through participation by the
grassroot population.