BEIJING – During a week-long visit to Beijing, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan met China’s President Xi Jinping, the country’s health commissioner, and the head of the China FDA, pushing for deepening health care reform policies to prevent a potential non-communicable disease avalanche in the world's most populous county.
WHO’s Chan Outlines ‘Chinese Dream’ For Health Care Reforms
Relying on general practitioners instead of hospitals and increasing compensation to physicians can solve many health care reform issues in China, says the world's top public health official, who also discusses vaccine scandal in China and Zika infection risks during Rio Olympics.
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