The Construction Of Public Health During The Anti Japanese War In Chongqing

The government of the Republic moved to Chongqing after the outbreak of AntiJapanese War. Chongqing had become the center of country’s economic, cultural, andmilitary and other fields, this promoted the development of public health undertakingsin Chongqing. At the same time, the effects of the war and the population expansion ofthe Chongqing made diseases becoming a serious problem. The Chongqing city publichealth construction was facing challenge and development opportunity.Chongqing city public health construction had achieved initial development beforethe outbreak of war. Here had formed health institutions and a number of modernwestern medical hospitals, and medical and health care, public health facilities andmanagement had also developed gradually. However public health construction ofChongqing was still in its infancy, facilities and medical conditions of public healthcould not satisfy the public demand.The national government moved the capital to Chongqing after the outbreak of thewar. There were a lot of social institutions, factories, schools, also moved to Chongqing.Massive population influx had brought tremendous pressure to the Chongqing publichealth construction. It was easy to infection of various diseases in environment of thepoor economy, poor living environment, the backward concept and enemy bombing.Once the spread of infectious disease would not only bring harm to the people’s life, butalso affect the stability of the society and affect the whole war situation gradually.In order to deal with the spread of infectious diseases, the government needed tocarry out the construction of public health constantly and did their best to prevent andcontrol infectious disease to the rescue of civil life and kept maintain the stability of thecity. The national government and the Chongqing City Hall had also taken a series ofmeasures to prevent and treat of infectious diseases. The epidemic disease prevention work reduced harm to public health, improvedthe physical conditions, reduced the loss caused by the disease in the city of Chongqing,improved the Chongqing city health conditions, improved the medical equipment,promoted the construction of Chongqing city public health, but also made contributionto the victory.