The Patriotic Public Health Campaign Of Hunan Province In The1950s

In the early days of the PRC, because of American bacterial warfare and thedepression in economy, hygiene and so on, the Communist Party of China paid moreattention to the patriotic public health campaign, which aimed to develop production,consolidate national defense and keep health. Under the leadership of the CommunistParty of China, Hunan province considering the practical situation, carried out alarge-scale patriotic public health campaign.In the1950s, the patriotic public health campaign of Hunan province can bedivided into two stages. The first stage was from1952to1954, which focused onopposing American bacterial warfare. People in Hunan province devoted to wipingout the vector and the vermin and so on. The second stage was from1955to1959,which focused on wiping out the vector and the vermin, attaching importance onhygiene and eradicating diseases. At this period, under the leadership of theCommunist Party of China, Hunan province ensured the patriotic public healthcampaign a regular practice by propagating extensively, combining the patrioticpublic health campaign with producing, setting up and perfecting the system ofexamination and assessment of health. There are three main characteristics in thepatriotic public health campaign of Hunan. They were extensive mobilization,diversified methods of and digitalization of the campaign task and so on.In the1950s, the patriotic public health campaign of Hunan had positive influenceon opposing American bacterial warfare, wiping out the vector and the vermin,cleaning the environment, stamping out communicable diseases and so on. At thesame time, it also had negative effects, such as ignoring the objective law, pursuingcoercive commandism, carrying out the formalism and so on. Insisting the Party’sleadership, relying on the mass line, reinforcing the institutional improvement alsocan be used as reference or guidelines for the health services in regions of the country.