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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

China Seeks to Boost Health Care in Lagging Rural Areas

China is encouraging doctors to come out of retirement and work in rural areas as part of an effort to tackle a health-care disparity between wealthy cities and the much poorer countryside.


The move is among initiatives outlined by China’s health minister to revamp a health-care system that reinforces the social inequalities now threatening the country’s economic growth and stability. China offers progressive medical facilities in large cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, for those who can afford it, but still struggles to provide basic care to large portions of the rural population.


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Laurie Burkitt, Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/nJBjuahmIsE/

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