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Importance of Domestic Experience in Combating Epidemics When Solving Modern Global Problems

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The current topic of epidemics makes the regional experience of combating them in environmentally unfavorable, "difficult" areas relevant.The geographical location of the Lower Volga region as the "Caspian Gate" through which various epidemic diseases penetrated into Russia from Asia has led to the development of valuable "local" experience in combating them.Much that was done in Russia to combat pandemics was tested in the Lower Volga region and then spread to other regions.During the Soviet period, anti-epidemic work became a priority in the country.For its implementation, not only the personnel of sanitary doctors were trained and mass hygienic propaganda was launched among the population, but also a lot of scientific work was done.In the 1920s, the territory of the Lower Volga region was mainly cleared of cholera and plague.In the 1930s, advanced methods of treatment and prevention of these diseases were effectively applied in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.The system for combating epidemic diseases established in the USSR made it possible to successfully counteract and often prevent them during the Great Patriotic War, as well as during the postwar famine period.

Source: International Conference on Health and Wellbeing in Modern Society (ICHW)

DOI: 10.2991/ahsr.k.201001.026

Authors: Y.G. Eshchenko, S.V. Vinogradov, E.V. Savelyeva, O.V. Liholet

Institution: Astrakhan Tatischev State University

Language: English

Topic: History of Medicine and Tropical Health

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W3089430331