China wants participants and visitors to Beijing for the Olympic Games to be sure their health is not in danger.
Three areas are being strengthened:
1. disease monitoring,
2. emergency response
3. medical treatment.
"The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games provides a great opportunity for the country's public health development. Beijing will join hands with co-host cities and its neighboring provinces to strengthen
disease-related information monitoring and make risk evaluations on the possible public health accidents."
The following aspects are also given special attention:
4. epidemic disease spread,
5. group incidence of a certain disease,
6. food-inflicted disease,
7. vector organism and its control,
8. hotel disinfection,
9. drinking water safety,
10. environment safety
11. heat stroke.
Since the 2003 SARS outbreak, China has spent $76 million to improve the infrastructure of disease prevention and control.
Do you think athletes and visitors need to worry about public health during the Games?
