传染性非典型肺炎 (严重急性呼吸综合征 ,SARS)在我国的发生与流行 ,把公共卫生和传染病防治工作推上了一个前所未有的地位。建国 5 0多年来的卫生工作就是一部中国人民与传染病斗争的历史。 2 0世纪上半叶 ,旧中国疫病丛生 ,传染病恣行肆虐。共和国成立后 ,政府发动了一场以控 The occurrence and prevalence of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in our country put public health and infectious disease prevention and control to an unprecedented priority. The health work in the 50 years since the founding of the PRC was a history of the Chinese people’s struggle against infectious diseases. In the first half of the 20th century, old epidemics in China were rampant and infectious diseases were wreaking havoc. After the founding of the Republic, the government launched a charge