UN General Assembly in 1987 r. proclaimed this day the International Day against Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking, thereby determining the importance of the problem and showing their determination to expand international cooperation to achieve the goal - the world community, addiction-free.

Today drug addiction has hit all countries of the world, the number of drug users exceeds 200 million. human. In the Republic of Belarus, the situation with drug addiction and drug trafficking continues to be tense, but controlled thanks to the close interaction of health care, law enforcement and civil society. In the Republic of Belarus on 1 january 2016 years under the supervision of psychiatrists-narcologists is about 14,5 thousands of drug addicts (on 5,7% smaller, than in 2014 year).

It is extremely alarming that, that modern drugs are capable of forming drug addiction in just a few steps. The consequences of this disease are extremely dangerous., since gross violations of the functions of internal organs occur, nervous system and personality degradation. Drug addicts are at risk of infection and contribute to the spread of HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and other dangerous infectious diseases. Also, in recent years, an increase in the number of deaths of citizens from drug overdose has been recorded.
(in 2014 year 53 people, in 2013 year 83 people). Read completely »

We inform you,

what 1 March 2016. a direct telephone line on early detection of tuberculosis infection in children will be held with the chief freelance phthisiopediatrist of the Health Committee of the Minsk Executive Committee, head of the phthisiology department No. 2(for kids)

Yatsenko Galina Ivanovna.

You can ask your questions by phone 3859781 from 09.00 to 12.00.

Gonorrhea – the oldest and one of the most common STDs. In the Old Testament, Moses mentioned the contagious nature of this disease (Leviticus, 15); Scientists of Ancient Greece also wrote about it – Plato, Aristotle and Hippocrates. It received its modern name from the Greek physician Ga-Lena in the 2nd century A.D.. IN 1879 r. Albert Neiser discovered the causative agent of gonorrhea – bacteria (gonococci), named after him Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Penicillin use, proved to be an effective treatment for gonorrhea, reduced its distribution in the 1940-1950s., but to 1980 r. its frequency in the USA has reached epidemic proportions. In subsequent years, there was a steady, although a relatively slow decline in incidence (rice. 19.1) – from 1 million. established cases in 1980 r. to about 750 thous. in 1989 r. (Handfield, 1984;
Centers for Disease Control, 1990). This is largely due to the fact, that due to the spread of AIDS as homosexuals, so bisexuals began to be more careful during sexual intercourse and, accordingly, less likely to get sick with gonorrhea (Judson, 1983; Holmes et al., 1989). According to most scientists, the number of gonorrhea infections in the United States is actually close to 2 million. in year, since less than half of all cases are registered (Handsfield, 1984). Read completely »

STIs (infections, sexually transmitted)- this is a separate group of diseases, the main method of infection by which is sexual contact. Among them are those, that are predominantly sexually transmitted (so-called "venereal diseases"), as well as those, which can be transmitted in other ways. These routes of infection include: intrauterine, through the blood, through breast milk, through saliva, airborne, domestic.

This group of diseases is characterized by, that after infection and without the necessary treatment of infections, sexually transmitted, a number of specific symptoms appear: a certain type of rash, temperature increase, pain when urinating, genital discharge with an unusual odor or color. Moreover, each disease can turn into a more severe stage and become chronic., which is why STI treatment should be started as early as possible.

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A characteristic form of the development of the epidemic process in influenza is epidemics that arise almost every year., which not only harm the health of the population, but also have a significant impact on the life of society and are reflected in the economy of the national economy.

The organization of the fight against influenza includes preventive measures, conducted in the pre-epidemic period, and anti-epidemic measures, which are provided directly for the period of the outbreak.

Types of flu prevention:

– specific prophylaxis with vaccines (vaccine prophylaxis),

– chemoprophylaxis (antiviral agents),

– non-specific prophylaxis (compliance with the rules of personal and public hygiene). Read completely »