The National Preventive Vaccination Services and Management Training Programme, helmed by the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association under the guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as NHFPC), with the support of the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the aid of CBI member GSK, was officially kicked off today.
The programme kick-off ceremony was attended by leaders from authorities such as the Disease Control Bureau of the NHFPC, the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association.
In the coming three years, over 4,000 grassroots vaccination personnel are expected to be trained by the programme, which covers the interpretation of the new vaccine distribution policies, vaccination practices and procedures, technical standards for the treatment of suspected adverse reactions during vaccination, etc.
This programme is aiming to further promote the training of public-health and preventive-medicine personnel, improving overall level of prevention and vaccination, effectively curbing the outbreak of major disease epidemics.
Mr. Tongling Jin, Director of the Disease Control Bureau, NHFPC, commented that changes have been made in the relative laws, regulations and procedures since last April.
Overall, the policy framework is sound, the priority now is to implement all the policies, documents and requirements. The training kicked off today is one of the key actions to ensure the implementation in detail.
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