The two departments issued a document requesting to focus on the nutrition and health of the elderly

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 20th. In order to coordinate the promotion of healthy China strategy and actively respond to the national strategy of the population aging, and effectively improve the health literacy and health level of the elderly, the National Health and Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine have jointly issued a notice to jointly issue a notice. Focusing on the nutrition and health of the elderly, from July 25th to July 31st, 2022, the 2022 National Elderly Health Publicity Week activities were organized.

The theme of this year's event is "Improving the nutrition of the elderly and promoting the health of the elderly." The notice pointed out that all localities should publicize from elderly health policies, the knowledge of elderly health science popularization, and the knowledge and health knowledge of the elderly. Combined with the characteristics of the elderly, through various methods such as elderly health education science popularization videos, publicity prevention and control, vaccination, traditional Chinese medicine health care, exercise fitness, common diseases and chronic disease prevention, rehabilitation care, mental health, damage prevention, emergency assistance, etc. scientific knowledge.

Guard the health of the elderly and care about the overall health situation of the whole people. The notice requires that the health and health administrative departments and the competent Chinese medicine authorities at all levels have carried out the National Health Propaganda Week in the 2022 National Elderly Health Publicity Week around the form of the elderly. Combined with the situation of preventing and control of the epidemic situation in the region, highlighting the characteristics of the regional characteristics, and coordinating the online and offline propaganda. Adopt a variety of methods such as health knowledge competition, expert interviews, posters, exhibition boards, etc., and continuously promote the elderly and family to promote the elderly health policies and scientific knowledge.

[Editor in charge: Shi Ge]

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