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China Established a Union on Liver Health Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment

2021-7-20 00:00/ 发布者: admin/ 查看: 873/ 评论: 0


    Liver plays a vital role in human health, and has functions of nutritional metabolism, synthesis, detoxification, haemopoiesis, immunity and others, which is of great significance to human health. However,the occurrence of liver damage is often silent and imperceptible,so the liver is called the silent organ.According to the data of WHO, more than one million people died from liver disease worldwide every year, and China is a big liver disease country with heavy burden of viral hepatitis and large number of chronic viral hepatitis patients. Liver cancer is kind of malignant tumour with high incidence around the world.The liver cancer patient population of China accounts for more than half of the world.For such a silent organ as the liver,physical examination and screening is the key to discover liver disease and conduct early diagnosis and early treatment.

    It is the 11th World Hepatitis Day on July 28,2021 identified by WHO. Governments at all levels, experts on liver disease and public health, are actively exploring new ways to prevent and control liver disease, and to achieve the WHO's goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030 as soon as possible.On July 16, fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association,China Liver Health,Meinian Onehealth Healthcare(Group) Co., Ltd., Wuxi Health Care Medical Technology Co.,Ltd., Beijing CR Beimao co.,Ltd. signed the Blue Book of Liver Health of Physical Examination Population in China(referred to as Blue Book) and strategic cooperation agreement of Joint Health Union on Liver Health Screening and Diagnosis&treatment of China Project (referred to as Joint Health Union). The five organizations aim to integrate resources to regularly release the Blue Book based on the massive liver health data of physical examination population, so as to arouse public attention to liver health and provide reference for national public health policy. The organizations will build a joint health union linking the liver health screening of physical examination centers and the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease in public hospitals, move liver health from clinical diagnosis and treatment to health screening, and provide innovative plans for the prevention and treatment of liver disease in China.

At the startup meeting of Joint Health Union on July 16, 2021

      At the meeting, Zhuang Hui, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, professor of School of Basic Medical Sciences Peking University, prof. Wei Lai, chief of fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association, vice chairman of Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, prof. Xu Xiaoyuan, director of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association,professor of infectious disease department of Peking University First Hospital,prof.Nan Yuemin, director of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association, director of traditional Chinese and western medicine hepatopathy department of The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, prof. Zhao Jingmin, vice chief of fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association,director of Pathological Diagnosis and Research Center of the Fifth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, prof. Mi Yuqiang, vice chief of fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association, vice chairman of Tianjin Second People’s hospital,Li Mingyang,director of China Liver Health,Shao Jinhua,general manager of Wuxi Health Care Medical Technology Co.,Ltd.,Jiang Ying,senior vice president of Meinian Onehealth Healthcare(Group) Co., Ltd., Hu Ning,assistant general manager of prescription drug department of China Resources Sanjiu Medical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. attended the meeting and delivered speeches on the health management and physical examination condition of Chinese people.


At the startup meeting of Joint Health Union on July 16, 2021

 

The Proportion of Professional Liver Health Screening In Physical Examination of China

Needs To Be Improved Urgently
 
     Physical examination is a necessary means for the screening,early diagnosis and early treatment of liver diseases. With the improvement of the national economic and public health awareness, the number of health examination in China has increased in recent years. According to China Health Statistics Yearbook, the number of health examination in China had increased from 406 million in 2017 to 444 million in 2019. The coverage rate of physical examination in China was about 31.71% in 2019. According to the relevant data disclosed by Sullivan, the coverage rate of physical examination in developed countries such as the United States and Japan had exceeded 70% as early as 2017, and the date of Germany had exceeded 95%.High coverage of physical examination promotes the early detection of disease and the improved survival rate of cancer patients.In Japan, according to the 5-year survival rate and 10-year survival rate released by the Japanese National Cancer Research Center in 2020, the 10-year survival rate of cancer patients diagnosed from 2004 to 2007 was 58.3%, the 5-year survival rate of cancer patients diagnosed from 2010 to 2012 was 68.8%. Even in malignancies like liver cancer with poor prognosis, Japanese liver cancer patients still have a 5-year survival rate of 38.1% and a 10-year survival rate of 18.1%. However, the 5-year survival rate of Chinese liver cancer patients is only 14.1%, and the early diagnosis rate of liver cancer is only 23.2%, significantly lower than that in Japan.In view of this situation, prof. Wei Lai, chief of fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association revealed the reason. According to his speech, liver health screening in China covered a relatively small population, the advanced professional testing technology was underused, the early liver fibrosis was not detected and dealt with in time, only advanced liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis, liver cancer can be diagnosed and then conducted with treatment.
      According to a WHO report, there were 910,000 new cases of liver cancer worldwide in 2020, while China accounted for 410,000, with the largest incidence of liver cancer in the world."Liver is the most important biochemical organism of human body, and it has a series of functions such as metabolism, synthesis and detoxification.Liver health is important to human health.”said Nan Yuemin, director of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association, liver diseases are great threats to other organs, systems, and even life of people.For example,fatty liver disease is often combined with cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes and gout. Patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C may suffer from human kidney disease, immune system diseases and hematopoietic dysfunction.Therefore, it is urgent to actively carry out professional liver health screening, find various liver diseases with significant liver fibrosis, and conduct the diagnosis and treatment of the relevant groups.

At the startup meeting of Joint Health Union on July 16, 2021


Five Organizations Cooperated to Establish a Joint Health Union On Liver Health Screening And Diagnosis&Treatment

      In order to enhance the public's attention to liver health and strengthen early screening and diagnosis of liver diseases, the five organizations will regularly release the Blue Book, and jointly develop the Joint Health Union. The Blue Book, based on the liver health data of tens of millions people, will reveal the research of cross-sectional study and cohort study on physical examination people of different ages,different occupations and different areas, include elasticity values,serum indicators and basic information of the people, ant reflect the liver health status and dynamic changes of Chinese people. At the same time, the Joint Health Union aims to build the connection between Meinian health physical examination institutions and fatty liver center with hundreds of public hospitals around the country, to realize the standard and systematic screening, diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases , to provide convenient treatment ways for the people with abnormal liver health indicators found out in physical examination, and to promote the domestic liver health with turning from disease diagnosis and treatment to health prevention.



       "Compared with the other medical associations, the Joint Health Union pays more attention to health" Prof. Wei Lai said. The early prevention is the key to realize the goal of eliminating the hepatitis threat proposed by the country and WHO. This is the purpose for fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease group of Chinese Society of Hepatology of Chinese Medical Association to cooperate with public welfare organization,professional physical examination institution,liver detection technical company and professional pharmaceutical company.Prof. Wei Lai said that,centering on the big goal of Healthy China, the project will be based on three platforms.The first is the professional liver disease treatment platform composed of fatty liver disease centers of one hundred of grade A hospitals.The second is more than 600 Menian health examination centers that can provide professional liver health screening. The third is the liver detection technical platform with liver elasticity technology and suitable for wide application in liver health screening, which can be used as the basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.


     "From the perspective of big health, the project aims to integrate the data of the large population of China , and innovatively realizes the cross-border cooperation of medical services, physical examination, detection and drug treatment." said Li Mingyang, director of Zhonglian Liver Health Promotion Center. He also said that the project has actively promoted the early prevention of liver disease in China, and promoted the liver health work to a new height beyond the scope of medical diagnosis and treatment. 


      As the initiators of the project, the five organizations will give full play to their advantages to promote the construction of Joint Health Union. Wuxi Health Care Medical Technology Co.,Ltd,, as a leading liver non-invasive testing medical equipment company in the world, will provide technical support for physical examination and medical institutions in liver health screening, diagnosis and tracking evaluation.It is known that iLivTouch product of the company use the advanced instantaneous elastic imaging technology, which can acquire LSM and UAP values that reflect the liver fibrosis and liver fat in a noninvasive, fast, quantitative and accurate way. It provides an important reference for the screening, diagnosis and evaluation of liver health.At present, the technique has been recommended by the WHO, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Asia Pacific Liver Disease Society, and the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Disease by the Chinese Medical Association. The relevant products have also been applied in the health management centers and clinical departments of thousands of medical institutions in China.


      As a leading professional health examination and health information institution in China, Meinian Onehealth Healthcare(Group) Co., Ltd. has many advantages, such as professional physical examination, authoritative data accumulation, huge volume of physical examination, and scientific management and operation.The company has more than 600 physical examination centers in more than 300 cities across the country, and conduct physical examination for 30 million people every year. The company will make full use of the core function of big data monitoring to provide authoritative data support for the whole project. 
      Moreover, as a "Value top 100 " and "Jinniu top 100" enterprise of listed companies in China, China Resources Sanjiu Medical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. will also actively give full play to the social responsibilities of pharmaceutical enterprises in the project, and increase the research, development and production of prescription drugs for liver diseases. It is known that the product research and development keynotes of the company include two main lines of self-diagnosis and treatment and prescription medicine.At present, the company is increasing product research and development and pipeline layout in the fields of hepatitis B, primary bile liver cirrhosis, liver fibrosis, liver cancer and other liver diseases.In addition to that, the company is also actively building an education platform for liver diseases, and simultaneously strengthening the liver health education among doctors, patients and the public.
      Academician Zhuang Hui from Chinese Academy of Engineering said: " Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Vision 2035 put forward to safeguard people's health in priority development strategic position, adhere to the policy of prevention, further implementation of health China action, improve the national health promotion policy and national public health protection network, to provide people with all-life health services. The launch of this project is an important innovative measure to participate in the Healthy China Action and implement the medium and long-term plan for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.It is also an important action to truly implement liver health management.From the liver health early screening, early diagnosis, early treatment, five organizations reached a strong Joint Health Union, which will effectively promote the liver disease from passive treatment to active prevention, achieve more standardized diagnosis and treatment, and eventually contribute to the prevention of liver disease in China as well as Healthy China Action.

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