Public health and health service in countries along ‘The Belt and Road’

The ‘Healthy Silk Road’ is an important part of ‘The Belt And Road’ Initiative. A prerequisite for the promotion of ‘The Belt And Road’ Initiative is to have an in-depth understanding on health and public health services of relevant countries. Among the countries along ‘The Belt And Road’, Southeast Asia and South Asia have poor overall health, low access to health services, and adverse climate and culture influences on health; health and public health services are at a lower-middle level in Central Asian countries and terrorist incident is a risk factor for health and public health services; health and public health services are at a medium level and religion and culture background have a positive effect on population growth in countries of North African; Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have better overall health, but the trend of population aging is significant and the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases have become a primary threat to health. China will establish′ a Community of Shared Future for Human Health′ on the basis of fully understanding the national condition of each country, and will enhance China′s involvement in global health governance and promote the dissemination and exchange of Chinese experience.