Poor to receive help to relieve the burden of disease

The top health department released a plan on Friday to ease the burden of disease in poor and remote areas.

The plan will cover about 20 million poverty-stricken people in 26 provincial regions, including Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Major illnesses like heart attacks, chronic diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure, and severe diseases like cancer are three major targets in the plan.