To actively cooperate with the drug safety special improvement deployed by the State Council and the medical and health system reform, further raise the public consciousness and level of safe and rational drugs use, the national "Safe Medication, Household Health" scientific propaganda activity was launched in Beijing on August 3.This activity was jointly held by eight divisions or departments such as Joint Education Division of State Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau, National Federation of Trade Unions, Central Committee of the Communist Young League, All China Women's Federation, and Chinese Association for Science and Technology. Sang Guowei, Vice Chairman of National People's Congress, Shao Mingli, Director General of State Food and Drug Administration, and Xu Jingren, etc. attended the launch ceremony and delivered speeches.
This scientific propaganda activity will be publicized in the nationwide through newspapers, television, radio, and Internet with rich content and different forms, for the purpose of delivering the common knowledge and relevant laws and regulations on safe and rational drug use.
In recent years, along with the economic and social development, safe medication is receiving the increasing attention around the society. According to a report from World Health Organization, half of drugs in the world are applied improperly, resulting in drug resistance and even serious damage for patients. Sang Guowei stressed that to popularize knowledge on safe medication, raise the awareness on drug medication, and form good habits is necessary for exercising the scientific development prospective, and is a big issue concerning the life quality of common people.
As the highlighted activity, the national "Safe Medication, Household Health" knowledge contest started the preliminary contests at 38 arenas in nationwide, and the winners of the preliminary contests would participate in the semi-final and final contests in Beijing. The contest is supported by YRPG, and is entitled "YRPG Cup".
As a main part of this activity, the national "Safe Medication, Household Health" knowledge contest will be organized by households, with the harmony concept, and for the purpose of raising the consciousness of household safe medication. The preliminary contests will be started the contests at 38 arenas in nationwide, and the winners of the preliminary contests will participate in the semi-final and final contests in Beijing. Meanwhile, there is the special column for the knowledge contest in the Health Channel of Sohu. Netizen may participate in the interesting knowledge contest through the online answer game.
This scientific propaganda activity was supported by YRPG. President Xu Jingren claimed in his speech that pharmaceutical enterprises should bear the responsibility for publicizing the knowledge on safe medication because the safe use of drugs had great significance for public health. YRPG hoped that this knowledge contest could thoroughly popularize the knowledge of safe medication to benefit the state and common people, and make due contribution for social stability.
The Famous CCTV presenter Zhao Pu and athlete Yang Yang are invited to be voluntary propagandists of this activity. At the launch ceremony, Zhu Zhu, Chief Pharmacist of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, read the volunteer declaration. Popular science book donation ceremony was held at the launch ceremony.