Weekly snapshot of Chinese health news

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BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's key health news from the past week:

-- China to list more cancer drugs for medical insurance coverage

China will include more anti-cancer drugs on its new list of medicines eligible for medical insurance reimbursement to be released this year.

Apart from cancer drugs, medicines for rare diseases, chronic illness, children and first-aid treatment are among the options for a lengthened reimbursement list, the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said.

-- China urges public to raise awareness of cancer signals

China's health authorities have urged the public to raise awareness of cancer signals their bodies send out in order to have the dangerous disease diagnosed and treated at an early stage.

Those who find themselves with abnormal lumps, continuous indigestion, and anorexia should go to the hospital in time, warned the National Health Commission (NHC) during the country's 25th National Anti-Cancer Week between April 15 and 21.

-- China's health department pledges more efforts to address medicine shortage

The NHC will improve its mediation among different sectors to ensure sufficient supply of essential medicines.

The NHC will try to monitor the market more closely, increase the supply of bulk drug substance and regulate the pricing, said Zeng Yixin, vice minister of the NHC.

The health department will play a better part in coordinating among pharmaceutical firms, drug stores, hospitals and other regulatory agencies.

-- Centralized drug procurement, use trial reduces medical cost: official

A new trial program on centralized medicine procurement and use has reduced the financial burdens of patients.

The NHSA's deputy head Chen Jinfu said Tuesday that the trial program in 11 cities had brought better-than-expected results in general, and patients with major diseases such as cancer, hepatitis B, hypertension and mental illness had access to high quality medicines and low prices. Enditem

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