China Anti-tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund "Double Thousand Action" 2019 tuberculosis health promotion and caring activities for patients kicked off in Yunnan

On December 14, the "Double Thousand Action" of the China National Defense Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund's 2019 tuberculosis health promotion and caring activities for patients was launched in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

This public welfare activity is divided into two parts. The morning activity was held at the Third People's Hospital of Kunming (Changpo District). The content included the launching ceremony of the tuberculosis health promotion in 2019, the rescue ceremony of the representatives of poor tuberculosis patients in Yunnan Province in 2019, and the popularization of tuberculosis department. Patient care story promotion; afternoon activities were held in Xiaobanqiao community in Guandu District, Kunming. The content included condolences to impoverished tuberculosis patients, distribution of "Double Thousand Action" assistance funds for impoverished patients, patient representative speeches, tuberculosis science lectures, visits to community health service centers, etc. , The activity content is very rich.

The main leaders participating in this charity event are Liu Jianjun, deputy director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and chairman of the China National Tuberculosis Association, Cheng Shiming, secretary-general of the China National Tuberculosis Association, Li Yong, director of the Yunnan Provincial Health Commission, and Yunnan Province Disease Control. Center Director Song Zhizhong, Chairman of the Youth Council of China National Tuberculosis Association Shen Xin, Director of the Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Xu Lin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Kunming Third People's Hospital Liu Guiming, and Wu Lei, Vice President of Kunming Third People's Hospital , Li Mingwu, director of the Department of Drug Resistance and Severe Tuberculosis, Kunming Third People’s Hospital, Guo Shuai, deputy director of the Fosun Pharma Public Welfare Foundation Rural Doctor Project, Yang Bo, general manager of Hongqi Pharmaceutical, the funder of the “Double Thousand Action” public welfare project, and China National Defense Tuberculosis Association, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuberculosis Control Center, Yunnan Provincial Health and Health Commission Disease Control Bureau, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming There are more than 100 participants including leaders and experts from the Third People’s Hospital of the city, representatives of enterprises from the sponsoring unit of the Double Thousand Action Public Welfare Project, and representatives of tuberculosis patients and family members of the Third People’s Hospital of Kunming.

On the morning of December 14, Zha Shun, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and chairman of the Yunnan Tuberculosis Association, presided over the leadership speech session and invited Chairman Liu Jianjun to give an opening speech.

Chairman Liu Jianjun said that tuberculosis is an infectious disease that seriously endangers the health of the people. The epidemic trend of tuberculosis in my country is still severe. It is one of the 30 countries with a high burden of tuberculosis, ranking second in the world, and about 90 new tuberculosis patients are reported every year. 10,000 cases, the epidemic situation is still serious in some areas, and the medical burden of patients is heavy. In order to give full play to the power of social organizations, promote the construction of a healthy China, and achieve the goal of ending the tuberculosis epidemic by 2035, in March 2016, the China National Tuberculosis Association established the China National Defence Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund, with Fosun Public Welfare Foundation and its subsidiary Shenyang Hongqi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Co-sponsored the "Double Thousand Action" project of tuberculosis poverty relief, which was launched under the personal witness of World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis/AIDS Prevention and Control Peng Liyuan. The "Double Thousand Project" rescues at least 1,000 poor tuberculosis patients each year, each with a funding of 1,000 yuan. This year is the fourth year of implementation. It has provided transportation, life and nutrition for more than 4,000 poor tuberculosis patients across the country. The rescue has played an active role in improving the compliance of patients with tuberculosis treatment and restoring their health, and has been highly praised and supported by all parts of the country. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to caring companies and individuals such as Fosun Charity Foundation and Fosun Pharma's member company Shenyang Hongqi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for their support to China's anti-tuberculosis charity cause!

He also said that this public welfare activity will increase 80 places on the basis of the 30 “Double Thousand Action” rescued patients in Yunnan Province in 2019, and send care to more tuberculosis patients. At the same time, through this public welfare activity, mobilize The whole society participates in supporting the work of tuberculosis prevention and treatment, publicizing tuberculosis prevention and treatment knowledge, bringing warmth to more tuberculosis patients, and achieving "zero" patients with catastrophic family expenditures due to tuberculosis!

During the event, Director Li Yong, Director of the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of Yunnan Provincial Health Commission, and Director Song Zhizhong, Director of Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also introduced the achievements of tuberculosis prevention and control and patient care in Yunnan Province.

Director Li Yong said that every year about 25% of tuberculosis patients in Yunnan Province come from poor families. Although the provincial party committee and the provincial government have introduced many policies for poverty alleviation through health and the proportion of patients’ medical expenses has been greatly increased, poverty is still the cause of patients Possible reasons for poor compliance and loss during treatment. The launch of the "Double Thousand Action" helped patients establish their determination to adhere to treatment, improved their compliance with treatment, and had a good social impact while benefiting patients.

Director Song Zhizhong said that since 2016, under the support and leadership of the China National Tuberculosis Association, the "Double Thousand Action" project came to Yunnan. The concept of the project is very consistent with the significance of the patient care model carried out in our province. It is developed by Yunnan Province. A powerful supplement to patient care, the implementation of the "Double Thousand Action" in Yunnan has effectively solved the urgent needs of some poor patients, allowing them to receive timely assistance and feel the care and warmth.

Secretary Liu Guiming of the Third People’s Hospital of Kunming introduced on behalf of the hospital leaders that Kunming No. 3 Hospital is the largest infectious disease hospital in Southwest China, with the world’s advanced "electromagnetic navigation bronchoscope" for the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis, chest and lungs. In the Endoscopy Center, there are more than 6000 cases of bronchoscopy examinations, more than 1,000 cases of bronchoscopy interventional treatments, and more than 2,400 tuberculosis surgery operations annually. Kunming Third Hospital will carry out various tuberculosis health education and humanistic care activities to make more The tuberculosis patients and families benefited from the disease and return to their families and society as soon as possible.

Director Guo Shuai of Fosun Pharma Public Welfare Foundation delivered a speech on behalf of the leaders of the sponsoring unit of the "Double Thousand Action" public welfare project. He said that in order to better contribute to the great goal of healthy China. In 2016, Fosun Charity Foundation joined hands with Fosun Pharma's member companies Hongqi Pharmaceutical and China National Tuberculosis Association to jointly launch the "Double Thousand Action" TB poverty relief charity project. In the past four years, a total of 4.2 million yuan has been invested in relief funds, helping more than 4,000 poor tuberculosis patients, and tens of thousands of tuberculosis prevention and control workers have participated in this public welfare action. After the launch of the project, under the vigorous promotion of the China National Tuberculosis Association, all provinces, cities and counties across the country have carried out assistance collection and donation activities for poor patients every year. At the same time, through vigorous publicity by local media, the Double Thousand Action charity project has attracted widespread attention from the society. , More social forces have participated in the work of helping poor patients. This is also the original intention of our launch of the Double Thousand Action charity project. In the future, I believe that the "Double Thousand Action" public welfare project will continue. It will not only actively help and care for poor tuberculosis patients, but also work with more people to fight tuberculosis and prevent tuberculosis by carrying out tuberculosis health promotion, science dissemination, and public welfare lectures. , Make unremitting efforts for the goal of Healthy China. We have been on the way to gather the love of millions of society and benefit millions of tuberculosis families.

Next, Cheng Shiming, secretary general of the China National Tuberculosis Association, hosted the launching ceremony of the China National Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund "Double Thousand Action"-the 2019 tuberculosis health promotion and caring patient theme activity.

Ten participating leaders Liu Jianjun, Li Yong, Song Zhizhong, Cheng Shiming, Shen Xin, Zha Shun, Liu Guiming, Li Mingwu, Yang Bo, and Guo Shuai jointly pressed the launch ball of the 2019 "Double Thousand Action" tuberculosis health promotion activity. It indicates that the “Double Thousand Action” of the China National Defense Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund will not only actively rescue and care for poor tuberculosis patients in the future, but will also carry out more tuberculosis health promotion, and work with more tuberculosis people to help China achieve the great goal of ending tuberculosis.

Wu Lei, Vice President of Kunming Third People's Hospital presided over the 2019 Yunnan Provincial Poor Tuberculosis Patient Representative Relief Ceremony and on-site tuberculosis health promotion activities.

Liu Jianjun, Li Yong, Song Zhizhong, Liu Guiming, Yang Bo; Cheng Shiming, Zha Shun, Xu Lin, Li Mingwu, and Hongqi Pharmaceutical Administrative Director Lu Wenhua respectively distributed relief funds to representatives of 10 poor tuberculosis patients in Yunnan Province in 2019.

After the ceremony, Shen Xin, chairman of the Youth Council of the China National Tuberculosis Association, conducted a popular science publicity on "The Transmission and Prevention of Tuberculosis". Dr. Chatajiang from the Third People's Hospital of Kunming conducted a training on "Diagnosis and Standardized Treatment of Tuberculosis". The nurse Ji Yongjing of the Third People's Hospital of Kunming also told the story of "Patient Care and Companion" and shared the touching story of Director Li Mingwu of the Third Hospital for 10 hours to save the life of a 6-month-old baby.

On the afternoon of December 14, a team of nearly 20 leaders and experts rushed to Xiaobanqiao Community in Guandu District, Kunming City to participate in the "Double Thousand Action" of the China National Defense Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund-the 2019 Tuberculosis Health Education and Patient Care Community Publicity Campaign. The afternoon activity was hosted by Chen Bin from Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Yu Zhonghui from Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Shen Xin, Chairman of the Youth Council of the Chinese Tuberculosis Association, Zha Shun, Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhang Maorong, Deputy Director of the Kunming Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fu Junhua, Deputy Director of the Guandu District Health Bureau, funded by the "Double Thousand Action" Xing Dan, the company's representative marketing director of Hongqi Pharmaceutical, issued relief funds to 10 patients at the scene.

The patients at the scene saw so many leaders, experts, and caring people visit them in the community. They were very touched. A patient representative said that he was very fortunate to have encountered the "Double Thousand Action" rescue project, which not only solved part of my medical financial burden, but also It gave me a lot of spiritual encouragement, and I firmly believe that with the help of a doctor, my illness will be cured!

Associate researcher Xia Yanmiao of the Tuberculosis Control Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Deputy Chief Physician Huang Zhizhong of the Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also gave a "Science Lecture on Tuberculosis" for the patients on site. After the popular science lecture, the on-site leaders also visited the community health service center.

By 16:00 on December 14th, the tense and rich China National Tuberculosis Public Welfare Fund "Double Thousand Action"-the one-day event of the Yunnan Station of Tuberculosis Health Promotion and Care for Patients in 2019 was successfully concluded.

Although the event is over, the encouragement of the leaders, the determination of the doctors, the confidence of the patients, and the charity of the caring enterprise are deeply imprinted in everyone's heart. The "Double Thousand Action" charity event will join hands with Chinese anti-tuberculosis people to help China achieve the goal of ending tuberculosis and a healthy China, uniting tens of millions of social love and benefiting tens of millions of tuberculosis families. We are always on the way!