专门为儿童、青少年结核病的防治召开一次讨论会,这是建国三十一年来的第一次。裘祖源教授早在解放前就从事防痨工作了,他也还是第一次参加这样的专题会议。为什么要在今天召开这个讨论会呢?至少有三个理由:第一,解放后在五十年代和六十年代初期,结核病疫情下降很快,十年动乱期间变得缓慢或停顿,近几年来北京、上海等地的一些资料表明,青少年结核病发病有上升趋势,这个现象不得不引起人们注视。第二, This is the first time in thirty-one years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China that a symposium was held specifically for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among children and adolescents. Professor Qiu Zuyuan engaged in anti-tuberculosis work long before the liberation, and he is still the first time to attend such a special conference. Why should this symposium be held today? There are at least three reasons for this: First, after the liberation in the fifties and early sixties, the tuberculosis epidemic plummeted rapidly and during the ten years of turmoil became slow or pause. In recent years, Beijing Some data from Shanghai and other places show that there is an upward trend in the incidence of TB among adolescents and this phenomenon has to arouse people’s attention. second,