Preventive vaccinations are carried out in order to prevent, reduce the level and eliminate infectious diseases. Routine preventive vaccinations are carried out at certain times in a person’s life, regardless of the epidemic situation, to create a specific immunity of the human body (immunity) to the corresponding infectious diseases. In addition to routine preventive vaccinations,…
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. This condition can be self-limiting or lead to the development of fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis, or liver cancer. The most common causes of hepatitis in the world are hepatitis viruses, but it can also be caused by other infections, toxic substances (such as alcohol and some drugs), and autoimmune diseases….
Measlesis an acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus. The disease occurs with a characteristic fever, damage to the epithelium of the upper respiratory tract, mucous membranes of the eyes and skin. Before the invention of vaccines, measles was one of the leading causes of childhood death, which is why the disease was called…
International Day of Remembrance for People Who Died of AIDS is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of May in many countries around the world. This day was marked on the calendar exactly 40 years ago – back in 1983. At the same time, people began to attach a red ribbon to their clothing to…
World Nutrition Day encourages everyone to think about their health and daily diet Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of a healthy lifestyle. There is practically no organ or system in the human body whose normal functioning does not depend on nutrition. Currently, the connection between nutrition and the development of major chronic…
REMINDERon carrying out disinfection measures in areas of acute intestinal infections, including viral etiology, salmonellosis and viral hepatitis A and E. The group ofintestinal infectionsincludes diseases whose pathogens primarily affect the human gastrointestinal tract and spread among people through the fecal-oral transmission mechanism. The causative agents of this group of infectious diseases are excreted from…