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Objectives. To examine whether a commercial digital health application could support influenza surveillance in China. Methods. We retrieved data from the Thermia online and mobile educational tool, which allows parents to monitor their children's fever and infectious febrile illnesses including influenza. We modeled monthly aggregated influenza-like illness case counts from Thermia users over time and compared them against influenza monthly case counts obtained from the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China by using time series regression analysis. We retrieved 44 999 observations from January 2014 through July 2016 from Thermia China. Results. Thermia appeared to predict influenza outbreaks 1 month earlier than the National Health and Family Planning Commission influenza surveillance system (P = .046). Being younger, not having up-to-date immunizations, and having an underlying health condition were associated with participant-reported influenza-like illness. Conclusions. Digital health applications could supplement traditional influenza surveillance systems in China by providing access to consumers' symptom reporting. Growing popularity and use of commercial digital health applications in China potentially affords opportunities to support disease detection and monitoring and rapid treatment mobilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses second child in China and mentions the country's one-child policy. Topics discussed includes fertility, labor shortage and demographic aging. Other topics which includes population in China, country's National Bureau of Statistics and National Health and Family Planning Commission are also discussed.

Background: In China, there was a pressing need to establish a governmental agency to oversee the organizations that provide public health and medical services. The Chinese Health Inspection Authority (HIA), a relatively independent organization functioning at each administrative level (provincial, municipal, and county), was mandated to conduct 11 health inspection functions to maintain efficient public health and medical services. These functions include issuing health permit, conducting health supervision and inspection, health testing and evaluation, case investigation, complaint handling, managing public health crisis, monitoring and safeguarding public health at major public events, enforcing supervision and inspection compliance, public health education, information management, and team training and management. Since the reform of the health inspection system by the Ministry of Health in 2000, the HIA underwent a series of changes and transitions. This study aimed to describe and assess the five factors that were considered to be important for meeting service delivery objectives of the HIA in the People's Republic of China. Methods: A total of 604 HIAs, sampled across three geographical regions of China at three administrative levels, participated in a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2013. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the status of mandated operations, manpower, revenue and expenditures, and institutional infrastructure. Differences in these characteristics across the geographical regions and administrative levels were compared. Results: On average, the HIAs had not fully implemented the 11 mandated functions at any administrative levels. Governmental financial allocations were the main sources of revenue. Three primary personnel employment models coexisted and most employed the quasi-civil service employment model. The institutional infrastructure did not meet governmental mandated standards with respect to building area or the number and types of equipment available to conduct key functions. Conclusions: In 2012, the majority of the HIAs in China at the provincial, municipal, and county levels did not meet the mandated requirements, although positive indications toward meeting these requirements were observed. It is necessary for the government to pay more attention to institutional resources (buildings, equipment, and the level of the staff's educational attainment) and ensure that the HIAs can meet their service delivery objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the next-generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostic tests policies of China, which makes DNA sequencing faster and cheaper. Topics discussed include clinical practice adopting NGS techniques which includes analyses of solid tumors, hematologic malignancies and genetic diseases, requirements of the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for all components of an NGS commercial diagnostic system, and pilot program launched by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

The authors discuss the two-child policy of China being inforced by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, focusing on the maternity care and concerns over shortage of obstetricians, sonographers, and midwives. They explore the challenges presented by older pregnant women for obstetricians, the growing challenge of morbidity adherent placenta, and the requirement of increased maternity care services for high-risk pregnancies.

A letter to the editor is presented wherein the authors focus on measures taken by the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Public Security, and the National Health and Family Planning Commission in China relevant as of April 24, 2014, aiming to punish violence against doctors.

The article focuses on the work of the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) in China, established in March, 2013, with particular focus given to comments from Li Bin, minister of NHFPC relevant as of August 30, 2014. Topics include health-care reform improvements, family planning policy, and doctor-patient relationship. Attention is paid to doctors' salary, the corruption in health-care system, and health-care funding policy.

The article focuses on the release of the 2014 Report on China's Migrant Population Development by the National Health and Family Planning Commission in November 2014 which reveals rising trans-provincial inflow population, and rise in average age of working age migrant population.

The article reports that China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has banned clinical genetic service companies to stop providing testing services to customers as of February 9, 2014. Topics highlighted include the increase in demand for noninvasive fetal trisomy (NIFTY) screening tests and the government's requirement that all equipment used in tests be officially approved and services registered.

The article focuses on standardized guidelines set by China National Health and Family Planning Commission for training of young Chinese doctors and medical students intended to improve medical system in the country.