Interpretation of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Action of the Healthy China Initiative 2019−2030

Abstract

In the past 30 years, the prevalence of diabetes in China has been increasing, but the awareness rate, treatment rate and control rate of diabetes are relatively low, and the death rate, disability rate, disease burden of diabetes and its complications are constantly increasing, which brings heavy burden to individuals, families and social economy. The Healthy China Initiative (2019–2030) is a roadmap to a healthy China and an innovative public policy system project. The Diabetes Prevention and Control Action is one of the four chronic and noncommunicable diseases prevention and control actions in the Healthy China Initiative (2019–2030).

Based on the background, basic principles and key contents of diabetes prevention and control, this paper interpreted the diabetes prevention and control action from five aspects, that is, healthy lifestyle is the foundation, which emphasized that individuals are the first responsibility for their health, and advocates reducing the risk of diabetes by practicing healthy diet, increasing physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight; Early detection and early intervention are key links, which emphasized to pay attention to individual blood glucose level, high risk individuals regularly test blood glucose; Standardize health management is the priority, which emphasized to strengthen the implementation of graded diagnosis and treatment standards, and medical institutions provide guidance on self-management of health for patients with diabetes; The improvement of capacity in primary level is the guarantee, where emphasis is placed on improving the ability of medical personnel to screen, intervention and standardize diagnosis and treatment; And innovative health service models are the key measures which emphasized the use of information technology to improve the efficiency of health management.