新中国成立后到改革开放之前这段时期,毛泽东在医疗卫生工作方面有许多独创性的伟大实践。其中,开展爱国卫生运动,防治血吸虫病等传染病,建立农村合作医疗制度及赤脚医生队伍等,都是毛泽东亲自推动的。毛泽东明确指出党必须领导卫生工作毛泽东极为重视党对卫生工作的领导。1929年,毛泽东起草的《中国共产党红军第四军第九次代表大会决 During the period from the founding of New China to the period of reform and opening up, Mao Zedong had many original and great practices in the field of medical and health work. Among them, Mao Zedong personally promoted the campaign of patriotic health campaigns, the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as schistosomiasis, the establishment of a rural cooperative medical system and the team of barefoot doctors. Mao Zedong made it clear that the party must take the lead in health work. Mao Zedong paid great attention to the party’s leadership over health work. In 1929, Mao Zedong drafted the "Chinese Communist Party Red Army Fourth Army Ninth Congress