At the same time, through patriotic health month activities to promote the development of economic and health work, improve people's self-care awareness, and jointly improve the living environment.
Historical background
1958 February 14, People's Daily published an editorial, pointing out that the patriotic health campaign centered on eliminating the "four pests" is to popularize health knowledge, get rid of superstitions, eliminate various diseases and their causes and improve people's health level through mass movements.
Under the leadership of the party and the government, patriotic health campaigns have been vigorously carried out throughout the country, and the people have responded positively and made great achievements.
During the ten-year turmoil, the patriotic health movement suffered setbacks. After the unrest, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council decided to reorganize the Central patriotic health campaign committee in April 1978, and issued the Notice on Persisting in Carrying out Patriotic Health Campaign.
The notice pointed out that the patriotic health campaign is a profound revolution to change customs and transform the country. In August of the same year, the Central Patriotic Health Association held a national patriotic health campaign on-site exchange meeting in Yantai, Shandong Province. The meeting pointed out that the task of the patriotic health campaign in the new era is to improve urban environmental sanitation, control rural water and feces, and treat both the symptoms and root causes.