Health

A farmer, Winnie Yip and other commissioners discuss the poverty relief and healthcare program

Field Report: Chronic disease management and multi-sector solutions for health-induced poverty are working, but China’s big hospitals are holding back primary care

As soon as travel restrictions were lifted, Prof. Winnie Yip quickly made plans to return to China to resume her dialogue with Chinese scientists, doctors, and health officials. In April, Yip traveled to Yunnan for a meeting of the Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Health and Poverty Alleviation in China.