The lottery public welfare fund has been doing this for ten years!

Since 2014, the central special lottery public welfare fund has been used to help children with birth defects in financial difficulties, including birth defect relief, birth defect detection, birth defect prevention and control publicity and health education. During the "14th Five Year Plan" period, the central special lottery public welfare fund supported the birth defect intervention and relief project to add functional birth defect child relief, prenatal screening and diagnostic subsidies and other projects on the original basis, so that the prevention and treatment of birth defects further moved forward and deepened, and the number of birth defect disease relief diseases increased to 358 diseases.

Ten years ago, the central special lottery public welfare fund supported the birth defect intervention and relief project, which benefited tens of thousands of children, and countless families of children were cared for.

The lottery public welfare fund has been supporting the birth defect intervention and relief public welfare project for 10 years, including the figure of welfare lottery and the contributions of welfare lottery supporters and participants.

Save a baby, warm a home

"Birth defect", which is commonly referred to as "congenital malformation", refers to the abnormal body structure, function or metabolism of a baby before birth. There are many kinds of birth defects with complex causes. At present, there are more than 8000 known birth defects. We often hear of cleft lip and palate, congenital heart disease, porcelain doll, Down syndrome, etc.

China is a country with a high incidence of birth defects. On September 12, 2012, the former Ministry of Health issued the Report on the Prevention and Control of Birth Defects in China (2012), pointing out that according to the estimation of the World Health Organization, the incidence of birth defects in China is close to the average level of middle-income countries in the world, about 5.6%, and about 900000 new birth defects are added every year, of which about 250000 are clinically obvious birth defects.

Birth defect is one of the important challenges to the health of newborn babies, which has a profound impact on families and is also one of the focuses of social attention. In the past 10 years, in the field of birth defect intervention, the welfare lottery fund has become the pillar of countless families with its firm support - since 2014, the central special lottery welfare fund has been used to help children with birth defects in financial difficulties, and by 2022, a total of 1.546 billion yuan has been invested.

In recent years, the central special lottery public welfare fund supported the birth defect intervention and relief project, which detected nearly 2.19 million newborns, rescued about 42000 children with birth defects, involving 285 kinds of birth defects, and benefited more than 2.23 million families. The investment of these funds has enabled more children to receive timely and effective treatment, lighting up the light of hope for each life.

"Passion of love and prevention of birth defects" public welfare walk into Qinghai

Responsibility goes hand in hand with responsibility

The prevention and treatment of birth defects requires the participation of the whole society and is also a systematic work that requires continuous investment:

The welfare lottery fund is used to provide treatment and rehabilitation services for children with birth defects through funding medical institutions and social organizations, especially for the relief of difficult families, which effectively reduces the risk of poverty caused by illness and returning to poverty for some families.

By supporting prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis subsidies and other projects, the detection rate of birth defects has been effectively improved, so that more families have the opportunity to get intervention and help before the birth of children.

It supports the exploration of the comprehensive prevention and treatment model of birth defects before marriage, pregnancy, pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal. The project also won the 12th "China Charity Award" issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, setting a public welfare model for disease relief.

Popularization of public welfare knowledge is also important for prevention and treatment of birth defects. In 2023, the National Health Commission issued the Plan for Improving the Ability to Prevent and Control Birth Defects (2023-2027), which listed strengthening knowledge popularization and health education as one of the six key tasks.

For this reason, the project actively carries out birth defect publicity activities to improve public health literacy. For example, Chongqing Liangping District Maternal and Child Health Care Center has listed the "Birth Defects Intervention Project Funded by the Central Lottery Public Welfare Fund", where citizens can accept the genetic testing, consultation and guidance of birth defects intervention, and actively carry out health science popularization with the help of public welfare activities, so that the central lottery public welfare fund can benefit more patients.

The continuous investment of lottery public welfare fund in child welfare undertakings such as birth defect intervention has demonstrated its public welfare mission and social responsibility. Just like the logo of the central special lottery public welfare fund supporting the birth defect intervention and relief project - the palm represents the help of the whole society, the green leaves represent the parents of children, the flowers represent children, and the sunshine represents the bright future of children. The logo means that with the help of the whole society, children's families can get strong help, and children's life will eventually dispel the haze, Usher in a bright future.

Each lottery ticket carries hope and responsibility, and interprets the profound public welfare connotation in details.