What is the policy of maternal and child health care?

Legal analysis: the guiding principle of maternal and child health care in China is "taking health care as the center, aiming at ensuring reproductive health, combining health care with clinic, and paying attention to groups, grassroots units and prevention". Maternal and child health care work is based on group health care work, oriented to the grassroots, focusing on prevention, and providing public health services such as health education and preventive health care for women and children. While earnestly performing public health duties, we will carry out basic medical services closely related to the health of women and children. Strengthening maternal and child health care is of great significance for improving the health quality of the whole nation, promoting economic development and building a harmonious society. Women and children account for two-thirds of China's total population, and their health is the foundation of the country's prosperity. The improvement of maternal and child health level is an important symbol of social civilization progress and health development, and the development of maternal and child health care is an important guarantee to improve people's living standards.

Legal basis: Article 24 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law. The state develops maternal and child health care, establishes and improves the maternal and child health care service system, provides health care and prevention services for women and children, and guarantees their health. The state takes measures to provide citizens with pre-marital health care, maternal health care and other services to promote reproductive health and prevent birth defects.