According to the information from Tibet Autonomous Region’s Health Department, the village and herding area in Tibet will intensify efforts to improve the medical level, strive to use the next 5 years to increase people’s life expectancy for anther 2 years, which is 70 years old.

With the living standard and medical services in rural areas being greatly improved, the average life expectancy in Tibet was 68.2 years in 2013, up from 35.5 years before its peaceful liberation in 1951. "In high-altitude areas, even a cold can be lethal to the infirm," said Tashi, a doctor in Tsewugarmo Village in Ngari Prefecture, adding that before the arrival of village doctors, many rural Tibetans had to travel miles to see a doctor.