我国有9亿农业人口,农村卫生状况关系着全国卫生事业的总体水平。党的十一届三中全会以来,广大农民生活得到改善,但农村医疗卫生水平还比较低。历史留传下来的某些陈旧习俗还妨碍着农民自觉接受科学的卫生观念;30年一贯的农村卫生保健机制面临着新的考验;因病致贫仍然对一部分农村人口构成威胁。这一切都要求我们真正把卫生工作的战略重点放到农村去。 There are 900 million agricultural population in China, and the rural health status is related to the overall level of the national health undertakings. Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the lives of the majority of peasants have improved, but the level of rural health care is still relatively low. Some obsolete customs that have been handed down from history still hinder the peasants from consciously accepting the concept of scientific hygiene; the 30-year-old rural health care system is facing new challenges; poverty caused by illness still poses a threat to a part of the rural population. All this requires that we really put the strategic focus of health work on the countryside.