PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 432 - 4 Oct 2003

■ A new fund has been created to help improve thehealth system in China following the SARS* outbreakearlier this year, according to a senior governmentofficial, states the Lancet. Funding totallingY11 billion** ($US1.3 billion) will be used to establishemergency treatment clinics and hospitals thatspecialise in infectious diseases, and will bedistributed over the next 3 years; Y3 billion hasalready been earmarked for the start of the project.Plans to establish a network to improve the reportingof disease outbreaks has also been announced.* severe acute respiratory syndrome** Chinese yuan

Watts J. More cash for health care in China. Lancet 362: 1050, No. 9389, 27Sep 2003 800943470

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