WHO, World Bank report urges healthcare reforms in China
Beijing: Though China has achieved a number of milestones in healthcare advancement over the past three decades, further reforms are urgently needed, said a new report by WHO, the World Bank and the Chinese government, released in Beijing.
The study, conducted over the last two years, urges China to push the healthcare reform (that began in 2009) through innovation and, in turn, relying more on a system of basic healthcare and less on hospitals, which are less sustainable from the financial point of view, Efe news reported.
Despite lifting more than 600 million people out of poverty and expanding medical insurance to cover nearly the entire population over the past 30 years, the Asian country also faces a litany of challenges including an ageing population and an increasing non-communicable disease burden, said the report.
The ageing population and spike in non-contagious diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart problems, pose "the greatest health threat to Chinese people", noted the report.
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