This is the kind of issue in Chinese healthcare I find especially relevant. As billions of RMB is poured into China’s healthcare industry, there is a large scale gap between technology (stuff money can buy) and expertise (stuff money cannot buy). At last weekend’s US-China Intercollegiate Healthcare Conference (see co-blogger Damjan Denoble posts for more), there [...]

The Lancet’s China themed issue came out this week, with topics focusing on health care reforms over the last decade, non-communicable disease, and future directions for the improvement of health care quality in China. Also frequently mentioned was migration and health care, mental health issues, and trends in China’s reforms. The major theme throughout, however, [...]

“Medicine for the Masses — China’s Healthcare Reform: Progress and Future Steps” A new report was recently published last month by JP Morgan on China’s Healthcare Reform. The report is a review of the state of healthcare in China as it approached the end of a three year reform initiative, where many impressive changes to [...]

The nutrition and health of a nation’s people sets the foundation for social and economic development. As in many countries with developing economies, China’s government is starting to place a special importance to the nutritional status of its children. This is being done through policy, research, and updated pediatric growth and feeding guidelines. Below is [...]

During my time at CET Harbin I worked closely with an epidemiologist who had worked in rural China for years trying to pilot HIV/AIDS education programs. She described to me what it was like teaching adult women in rural Chinese factories about condom use and how HIV/AIDS can be transmitted sexually. “Impossible!” she exclaimed, throwing her hands [...]