生育需求快速增長 衛計委將增產科牀位8.9萬張

China will offer more maternity beds and train more professionals to meet the growing demand for maternity resources, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced last Tuesday.

中華人民共和國國家衛生和計劃生育委員會上週二宣佈，我國將提供更多產科牀位、培養更多專業人員，以滿足不斷增長的產科資源需求。

According to a teleconference hosted by the NHFPC, China will have 89,000 more maternity beds as well as 140,000 more obstetricians and midwives by 2020.

衛計委召開的電視電話會議指出，我國將在2020年前增加產科牀位8.9萬張，增加產科醫生和助產士14萬名。

Since the universal two-child policy was implemented at the beginning of the year, the country has been facing growing challenges in the quantity and quality of its maternal and child health resources, said Ma Xiaowei, deputy head of the NHFPC.

國家衛計委副主任馬曉偉表示，自今年初實施全面二孩政策以來，我國婦幼健康資源的數量和質量面臨越來越多的挑戰。

The NHFPC also called for better pre- and post-natal services and more emergency centers for maternal and pediatric treatment.

衛計委還要求改善產前和產後服務、增設孕產婦和新生兒急救中心。