中新网9月12日电 据卫生部网站消息，卫生部副部长刘谦今日表示，随着中国孕产妇死亡率和儿童死亡率的逐步降低，出生缺陷日益成为突出的公共卫生问题。

Beijing on September 12 - according to the health ministry's website reported,Health vice minister liu qian said today,With China's maternal mortality and child mortality gradually reduce,Birth defect is increasingly becoming prominent public health problem.

　　2012年9月12日，中华预防医学会出生缺陷预防与控制专业委员会成立大会暨中国出生缺陷防控高层论坛在京召开。卫生部副部长刘谦在出席会议时作出上述表述。

On September 12, 2012,The preventive medicine association birth defects prevention and control professional committee of China founding conference and birth defects prevention and control top BBS held in Beijing.Health vice minister liu qian in meetings made the above statement.

　　刘谦指出，随着中国孕产妇死亡率和儿童死亡率的逐步降低，出生缺陷日益成为突出的公共卫生问题。出生缺陷不仅影响儿童的生命健康和生活质量，而且影响整个国家人口素质和人力资源的健康存量，影响经济社会可持续发展。

Liu qian pointed out that,With China's maternal mortality and child mortality gradually reduce,Birth defect is increasingly becoming prominent public health problem.Birth defects affect not only the life and health of children and the quality of life,But also influences the whole country population quality and human resources health stock,Influence of social and economic sustainable development.

　　刘谦指出，在党中央、国务院的领导下，卫生部不断加大出生缺陷防治工作力度，逐步完善相关法律法规和政策措施，加强出生缺陷综合防治体系建设，健全出生缺陷监测网络，加强出生缺陷的科学研究。落实出生缺陷综合防治措施，广泛开展健康教育和社会宣传，努力提高婚前医学检查率，规范孕产妇和儿童保健，推广产前筛查和产前诊断服务，普及新生儿疾病筛查。

Liu qian pointed out that,The central committee of the/Under the leadership of the state council,The ministry of health constantly increasing birth defects prevention and control work dynamics,Gradually perfect relevant laws, regulations and policies and measures,Strengthen birth defects comprehensive prevention and control system,Perfect birth defects monitoring network,To strengthen the scientific research of the birth defects.Implement birth defects comprehensive prevention and control measures,Carrying out health education and social propaganda,To improve the rate of pre-marital medical examination,Regulate the maternal and child health care,Promotion of prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis service,Universal newborn screening disease.

　　完善新农合大病保障政策，提高出生缺陷患儿医疗保障水平。特别是深化医改以来，卫生部组织实施了农村育龄妇女增补叶酸预防神经管缺陷等重大公共卫生项目，全国神经管缺陷发生率显著下降。2012年，又在部分地区启动实施了地中海贫血防控试点项目和新生儿疾病筛查补助项目。经过数十年的探索与努力，中国出生缺陷防治工作取得了明显成效，减少了部分严重出生缺陷的发生，提高了孕期出生缺陷的发现率和干预率，改善了出生缺陷患儿的生存质量。

Perfect new farming together a serious illness security policy,Improve the medical security level of children with birth defects.Especially since the reform deepening,The ministry of health organization to implement the rural women of child-bearing age supplementary folic acid to prevent neural tube defects of major public health project,The incidence of neural tube defect dropped significantly.In 2012,,And in parts of the implementation of the start the Mediterranean anemia prevention and control pilot project and neonatal illness screening subsidy project.After decades of exploration and efforts,China's birth defects prevention and control work made outstanding achievements,To reduce some of the occurrence of serious birth defects,To improve the pregnancy of birth defects detection rate and intervention rate,To improve the life quality of children with birth defects.

　　刘谦强调出生缺陷防治工作仍然面临着严峻挑战：出生缺陷患儿绝对数量多。出生缺陷病种多、病因复杂，影响出生缺陷的环境和社会因素增多。多数出生缺陷病因不明，缺乏特异性干预技术和措施。一些有效的干预措施尚未得到普及。中西部地区出生缺陷综合防治能力严重不足。专业人才队伍建设、学科建设和科学研究亟需加强。

Liu qian emphasis on the prevention and control of birth defects still faces severe challenges:Children with birth defects than absolute quantity.Birth defects more diseases/Cause complex,Influence birth defects of the environment and the social factors increase.Most of the birth defects unknown etiology,The lack of specificity intervention techniques and measures.Some effective intervention measures has not gained popularity.The Midwest birth defects a serious shortage of comprehensive prevention and control ability.Professional talent team construction/Discipline construction and scientific research should strengthen.

　　刘谦希望专委会紧密团结出生缺陷防治相关领域的专家学者，凝聚广大专业技术人才的力量，搭建出生缺陷专业发展与交流合作的平台。加强出生缺陷防治相关领域的科学研究，开发出生缺陷预防新技术和适宜技术。深入开展出生缺陷流行病学调查研究，掌握出生缺陷发生现况和变化趋势，为出生缺陷防治提供科学依据。开发科学权威、通俗易懂的科普材料，广泛开展健康教育和社会宣传。加强卫生人员培训；加强交流与合作，总结有效做法和经验，为完善我国出生缺陷防治政策措施提出意见和建议。

Liu qian hope to unite branch of birth defects prevention related experts and scholars,Condensed the professional and technical personnel strength,Build birth defects professional development and exchange platform for cooperation.To strengthen the prevention and control of birth defects related to areas of scientific research,Development of birth defects prevention new technology and appropriate technology.Further investigation in birth defects epidemiological survey research,Master birth defects occur status and changing trend,To provide scientific basis for the prevention and control of birth defects.Development science authority/Straightaway science materials,Carrying out health education and social propaganda.Strengthening health personnel training;Strengthen exchanges and cooperation,Summarizes effective practice and experience,To perfect our country's birth defects prevention policies and measures put forward opinions and Suggestions.