The 2024 National Conference on Disease Prevention and Control was held in Beijing.

On January 25th, the National Conference on Disease Prevention and Control was held in Beijing to review and summarize the disease control work in 2023 and arrange the deployment of key work in 2024.

The meeting pointed out that in 2023, the national disease control system will effectively and orderly respond to the epidemic situation of respiratory infectious diseases such as COVID-19, which will strongly support the smooth transition of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19 in a relatively short period of time, the achievements of epidemic prevention and control will continue to be consolidated, and the mechanism of multi-disease prevention and control will continue to be improved. Accelerate the reform of local disease control institutions, promote the introduction of programmatic documents for the high-quality development of disease control, actively explore the innovation of medical prevention coordination and medical prevention integration mechanism, and make significant progress in system remodeling. Focus on the main business to make up for the shortcomings, a number of major projects have been implemented, and the core capabilities of disease control such as infectious disease monitoring and early warning and emergency response have been significantly improved. Timely and effective response to plague, monkeypox, dengue fever and other new outbreaks of infectious diseases, continue to strengthen the prevention and control of major infectious diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis, consolidate the prevention and control achievements of key parasitic diseases and endemic diseases, and make overall plans to promote comprehensive supervision and public health. Solidly carry out theme education, continue to strengthen the party building of the disease control system, and the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the disease control team are constantly enhanced. At present, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 is at a low epidemic level, and the epidemic situation of infectious diseases in China is generally stable, which has contributed to the sustained economic recovery and stable social operation.

The meeting pointed out that in 2024, the national disease control system should focus on accelerating the high-quality development of disease control, comprehensively improve the capacity of the disease control system, and make overall plans for the prevention and control of infections and other infectious diseases in Covid-19, so as to provide strong support for protecting people’s lives and health, ensuring public health safety and maintaining economic and social stability. First, do our best to publicize and implement the guiding opinions for promoting the high-quality development of disease control, accelerate the implementation of projects such as the construction of national regional public health centers, and plan to carry out the preliminary research on the development plan of the tenth five-year plan. Second, accelerate the implementation of the reform task of local disease control institutions, promote the innovation of mechanisms such as medical prevention coordination and medical prevention integration, expand the pilot scope of medical prevention coordination integration and the pilot system of disease control supervisors in medical institutions, and promote the innovation and development of infectious disease medical institutions. The third is to solidify the experience and practice of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19, improve the long-term mechanism of infectious disease prevention and control, strengthen monitoring and early warning and risk assessment, accelerate the construction of intelligent multi-point triggered infectious disease monitoring and early warning system, prepare for the new outbreak of infectious diseases, strengthen post-disaster health and epidemic prevention work, and strengthen the prevention and control guarantee of major conference activities. The fourth is to optimize the prevention and control strategies for major diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, key parasitic diseases and endemic diseases, and continue to consolidate the effectiveness of prevention and control. Fifth, continuously improve the quality of immunization planning and strengthen information construction. In-depth implementation of environmental health public health intervention measures, further improve school health work, and improve the injury prevention and control mechanism. Sixth, promote the standardization and informatization of health supervision institutions,Do a solid job in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and public health supervision in medical institutions, and continuously improve the effectiveness of comprehensive supervision and law enforcement. Seventh, constantly consolidate the rule of law, science and technology, and talent support, build a strong propaganda and education position, make good use of the "baton" of assessment and evaluation, and strengthen international cooperation and exchanges.

The meeting stressed that it is necessary to earnestly focus on the key tasks at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, strengthen the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases before and after the Spring Festival, do a good job in the implementation of various prevention and control measures, closely monitor the epidemic situation, strengthen the duty on duty, and ensure the overall stability of the holiday epidemic situation. It is necessary to put the work of safety in production in a more prominent position, always tighten the string of safety in production, implement the requirements of "three management and three musts", comprehensively investigate and rectify all kinds of potential risks, and resolutely curb the occurrence of serious accidents. (Reporter Qiao Yeqiong)