生育需求快速增长 卫计委将增产科床位8.9万张

China will offer more maternity beds and train more professionals to meet the growing demand for maternity resources, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced last Tuesday.

中华人民共和国国家卫生和计划生育委员会上周二宣布，我国将提供更多产科床位、培养更多专业人员，以满足不断增长的产科资源需求。

According to a teleconference hosted by the NHFPC, China will have 89,000 more maternity beds as well as 140,000 more obstetricians and midwives by 2020.

卫计委召开的电视电话会议指出，我国将在2020年前增加产科床位8.9万张，增加产科医生和助产士14万名。

Since the universal two-child policy was implemented at the beginning of the year, the country has been facing growing challenges in the quantity and quality of its maternal and child health resources, said Ma Xiaowei, deputy head of the NHFPC.

国家卫计委副主任马晓伟表示，自今年初实施全面二孩政策以来，我国妇幼健康资源的数量和质量面临越来越多的挑战。

The NHFPC also called for better pre- and post-natal services and more emergency centers for maternal and pediatric treatment.

卫计委还要求改善产前和产后服务、增设孕产妇和新生儿急救中心。