Maoist public-health campaigns, Chinese medicine, and SARS

Hanson, Marta

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(08)61610-4

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“…We have heard references to a country's 'darkest hour' -echoing Winston Churchill during the Second World War -and the ringing out of Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again and the anti-fascist folk song Bella Ciao. Of course, the metaphorical use of war to depict the struggle against disease is not new with COVID-19, but has a long history (Hanson 2008;Flusberg 2018).…”

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Epidemics, public health workers, and ‘heroism’ in cinematic perspective

Han¹,

Curtis²

2021

Visual Studies

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Epidemics, public health workers, and ‘heroism’ in cinematic perspective

Han¹,

Curtis²

2021

Visual Studies

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“…In the Lancet , for example, a number of aspects of TCM, such as acupuncture [34-36], TCM diagnostic methods [2,37], herb-drug and herb-immunoassay interactions [38,39], as well as therapeutic and sometimes severe adverse effects of TCM drugs and adulterants [40-44] were reported. In recognition of the political, historic and cultural impacts on the development of TCM [4,5,45,46], the Lancet highlighted the development of TCM in different countries and regions, characterised by global perspectives [2,37,42,47-49]. …”

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The quest for modernisation of traditional Chinese medicine

Bauer

Hendry

et al. 2013

BMC Complement Altern Med

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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an integral part of mainstream medicine in China. Due to its worldwide use, potential impact on healthcare and opportunities for new drug development, TCM is also of great international interest. Recently, a new era for modernisation of TCM was launched with the successful completion of the Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research in the Post-genomic Era (GP-TCM) project, the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) coordination action on TCM research. This 3.5-year project that involved inputs from over 200 scientists resulted in the production of 20 editorials and in-depth reviews on different aspects of TCM that were published in a special issue of Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2012; volume 140, issue 3). In this narrative review, we aim to summarise the findings of the FP7 GP-TCM project and highlight the relevance of TCM to modern medicine within a historical and international context. Advances in TCM research since the 1950s can be characterised into three phases: Phase I (1950s-1970s) was fundamental for developing TCM higher education, research and hospital networks in China; Phase II (1980s-2000s) was critical for developing legal, economic and scientific foundations and international networks for TCM; and Phase III (2011 onwards) is concentrating on consolidating the scientific basis and clinical practice of TCM through interdisciplinary, interregional and intersectoral collaborations. Taking into account the quality and safety requirements newly imposed by a globalised market, we especially highlight the scientific evidence behind TCM, update the most important milestones and pitfalls, and propose integrity, integration and innovation as key principles for further modernisation of TCM. These principles will serve as foundations for further research and development of TCM, and for its future integration into tomorrow’s medicine.

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“…Artemesinin, the most acknowledged contribution from Chinese traditional medicine, remains the most effective drug against the malaria parasite (Neill, ). Barefoot doctor, a well‐known Chinese term for primary healthcare doctors, is part of Maoism's legacy (Hanson, ). The public health mass campaign, effectively utilized in Mao's era to control the epidemics of major infectious diseases within a short period, has been globally utilized to deliver immunization services for polio eradication and measles elimination (Wang et al ., ; Hanson, ).…”

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“…Barefoot doctor, a well‐known Chinese term for primary healthcare doctors, is part of Maoism's legacy (Hanson, ). The public health mass campaign, effectively utilized in Mao's era to control the epidemics of major infectious diseases within a short period, has been globally utilized to deliver immunization services for polio eradication and measles elimination (Wang et al ., ; Hanson, ). Since its accession into the World Trade Organization, the spending on research and development (R&D) has increased by more than 20% a year, and China has overtaken Japan as the second‐largest financier of scientific work in 2010 (Grueber, ).…”

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Global implications of China's healthcare reform

Yan

Tang

Zhang

2014

Health Planning & Management

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The ongoing healthcare reform in China has a powerful spillover effect beyond the health sector and the borders of China. A successful completion of the Chinese reform will offer a new model for social justice development, shift the global economy toward sustainability and create a new hub for science and technology in medical and health science. However, reforming the healthcare system in the most populated country is a daunting task. China will not live up to its promise, and all the potentials may end with hype not hope if coherent national strategies are not constructed and state-of-the-art navigation is not achieved with staggering domestic and global challenges. The cost of failure will be immensely high, socioeconomic costs for Chinese and an opportunity cost for the world as a whole. A full appreciation of the global implications of China's healthcare reform is crucial in keeping China receptive toward good practices evidence-approved elsewhere and open minded to fulfill its international obligations. More critically, the appreciation yields constructive engagements from global community toward a joint development and global prosperity. The current report provides a multiple disciplinary assessment on the global implications of the healthcare reform in China.

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Maoist public-health campaigns, Chinese medicine, and SARS

Cited by 9 publications

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Epidemics, public health workers, and ‘heroism’ in cinematic perspective

Epidemics, public health workers, and ‘heroism’ in cinematic perspective

The quest for modernisation of traditional Chinese medicine

Global implications of China's healthcare reform

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