Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 15, 2005|Volume 32, Number 26

Journal addresses SARS and
other health issues in China

The newest issue of the Yale-China Health Journal -- now available online as a free download -- features an article on the current state of the Chinese health system by Shaoguang Wang, a former member of the Yale faculty, who now serves as professor of political science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and chief editor of the China Review.

This is the third volume of the journal, which is published by the Yale-China Association, a private, non-profit organization based on the Yale campus that is dedicated to education in and about China. The journal was established to help the community of health professionals, researchers, and others interested in China's public health challenges stay up to date on rapid developments in the field.

The outbreak of SARS in China in the spring of 2003 raised questions about both the vulnerability of citizens to global epidemics and the impact of market reforms on the entire Chinese health system. In his article, which was originally written in Chinese and widely distributed in China, Wang argues that if the SARS epidemic "can sound the alarm and make us clearly recognize the importance and urgency of 'investing in the people's health' as well as to recognize the many different flaws in the current health system, then it is possible for something good to come out of bad: this crisis can become the turning point for the rebuilding of China's public health and health system in general."

In addition to Wang's article, the current issue of the Yale-China Health Journal also includes an interview with Hong Wang, assistant professor in the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, which introduces his pioneering work to pilot medical insurance programs for rural populations in China.

The journal can be downloaded on the Yale-China website at www.yalechina.org/publications/healthjournal/index.html.

For more information about the Yale-China Association, the Yale-China Health Journal or Yale-China's other work, contact Christin Sandweiss at christin.sandweiss@yale.edu or (203) 432-0881.

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