百色地区是个多民族聚居地方,解放前,人民生活极端贫困,卫生事业极端落后,瘴疫横行,“四病”(血吸虫病、疟疾病、丝虫病、钩虫病)广泛蔓延。解放后,在毛主席和周总理的亲切关怀下,开始进行“四病”防治工作。广大卫生防疫人员,积极贯彻落实毛主席“预防为主”的方针,长年累月在 Before the liberation, the people’s livelihood was extremely impoverished, the health undertakings were extremely backward, epidemics were rampant, and “four diseases” (schistosomiasis, malaria, filariasis and hookworm) were widely spread. After the liberation, under the gracious care of Chairman Mao and Premier Chou, we started the prevention and control of the “four diseases.” The majority of health and epidemic prevention personnel actively implement Chairman Mao’s principle of “prevention first”