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Updated: 2009-05-04 07:49
(China Daily)

Learning English online

Beijing Aifly Education & Technology Corporation, a Beijing-based English language training provider, offered 100,000 free cards with total value of 50 million yuan recently to students from colleges and universities in Tianjin to help them learn English online. Students can improve their English skills by using these cards to visit websites providing training in English. Aifly said that more free cards are to be given to college students in other cities, including Guangzhou and Shanghai, in the next few months.

Liver fibrosis treatment

China's first liver fibrosis noninvasive diagnostic and treatment center was set up in Beijing, thanks to sponsorship of the 302 Military Hospital of China.

The center has introduced world-leading noninvasive diagnostic and treatment machines and technologies to help patients get relief from pain. The hospital will also help the center carry out professional and clinical research on liver fibrosis.

Children's insurance

The China Children and Teenager's Fund (CCTF) just launched a special fund in Beijing aiming to cover serious diseases suffered by children.

The fund plans to provide protection for children ages 3-15. Mingya Insurance Co will help design the support. With the financial support of the fund, the insured must pay a 20-yuan premium each year for an insured sum of 100,000 yuan for a number of serious diseases. Currently, Chinese children haven't been included in the social insurance system.

Earthquake recovery

The World Health Organization and the Chinese Ministry of Health jointly unveiled a conference in Chengdu recently, focusing on immediate disaster relief and post-disaster recovery from the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake.

The two-and-a-half-day conference gathered global experts and government officials to discuss a series of issues, including experiences in emergency medical rescue, coordinating healthcare response to disasters, preventing disease outbreaks, the long-term reconstruction of medical institutions, as well as how to raise and use social and corporate charity efficiently and transparently.

(China Daily 05/04/2009 page10)

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