This workshop will focus on the large and growing burden of chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) in China and the importance of strengthening primary healthcare in managing patients with chronic disease. With experts from China’s national and local Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as prominent academic researchers, we will discuss China’s NCD burden and the experiences of localities in implementing China’s national program on NCD control, as well as other related health economic research. Thanks to a generous gift from ACON Biotech, Stanford’s Asia Health Policy Program is hosting this workshop as part of a series of events in Beijing and at Stanford on innovations in primary care.

Agenda:

8am Continental breakfast, registration

8:30 Welcome, Karen Eggleston and Randall Stafford, Stanford University

8:35  “NCDs, Health Reform, and the Role of Primary Health Care”

         Professor Meng Qingyue, Peking University

China CDC views on the NCD burden and pilot sites for comprehensive control of chronic disease (国家慢性病综合防控示范区)

         8:50 A View from the National CDC

         Dong Jianqun, National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

         9:05 The Experience of Zhejiang Province

         Fang Le, Associate Chief Physician , Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

         9:20 The Experience of Shandong Province: The Shandong-Ministry of Health Action for Salt and Hypertension (SMASH) Initiative

         Wang Yan, Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Research perspectives on NCDs, the elderly, and primary care

9:35 Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

        Professor Lei Xiaoyan, Peking University

9:50 Additional research perspectives

10:05 – 11:00am Discussion

11:00 - 12:30pm  Buffet Lunch