浅议增强传染病防治意识与知识的必要性

Discussion on the Necessity of Strengthening the Cognition and Knowledge of Infectious Diseases Prevention and Treatment

根据新闻媒体调查显示 :我国公民传染病防治意识薄弱 ,一般性防治知识缺乏。增强传染病防治知识与意识 ,决不仅仅是应对时下SARS流行的需要。经验证明 ,防治传染病 ,不仅是医学问题 ,更是社会问题 ,需要全社会动员 ,需要人类自身主动地降低传染病流行的机会 ,贯彻预防为主的方针。因此 ,今后必须加强对我国公民进行传染病防治知识教育。

Some surveys from news media indicated the cognition of infectious diseases prevention and treatment was weak and basic knowledge was lack in China. Improving cognition and knowledge of infectious diseases was not only the demand for coping with SARS epidemic at present. Experience showed infectious diseases prevention and treatment were not only a medical problem but also a social problem, which need to mobilize all people to initiatively reduce the chance of infectious diseases epidemic and to carry out the policy of prevention-oriented. The authors think that it should strengthen the knowledge education of infectious diseases prevention and treatment towards the citizen.