痴呆在中国70年发展历程

Seventy Years of Dementia Management in China

痴呆是个古老又新鲜的医学概念和健康问题。说古老是因为两千年前就已出现的医学名词,说新鲜是说现代医学认识的痴呆的主要代表疾病——阿尔茨海默病才一百余年。今年是中华人民共和国成立70周年。回顾70年新中国卫生健康事业发展波澜壮阔的历程,取得的成就举世瞩目。经过广大医疗卫生、科研工作者等的共同努力,中国的痴呆相关临床科学和基础研究也取得了长足的发展。未来将面临人口老龄化这一重大挑战,痴呆已经成为优先解决的重大健康问题和社会问题,社会的方方面面都应该进行重新调整,以应对这样的挑战。

Dementia is an old and fresh medical concept and health problem. Although as a medical term it appeared two thousand years ago,Alzheimer’s disease as the main representation of dementia,it has only been known for 100 years or so. This year is the 70 th anniversary of the People’ s Republic of China’ s establishment. Looking back on the magnificent development of the healthcare industry in New China in the past 70 years,the achievements have attracted worldwide attention. In the joint efforts of the vast number of healthcare practitioners,and scientific research workers,the clinical and basic research of dementia have made great progress in China. The aging of the population is a great challenge in the future,and dementia has become a major health and social priority,that all aspects of society should be realigned to meet such challenges.