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The main tasks of Russian medics for this year will be the development of emergency medicine...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 (GST)
Priority directions in the work of Russian medics in this year will be the development of emergency medicine, AIDS and the promotion of blood donation.
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It was reported today, the head of the Federal Medico-Biological Agency / FMBA / Vladimir Uyba at a meeting of the board offices.
Improving emergency medical care to citizens, entering in extreme situations as a result of various accidents and incidents of armed conflicts and terrorist attacks will be one of the most important parts of our activity this year ", - said Uyba.
He recalled that last year the agency FMBA took an active part in assisting victims in South and North Ossetia, Egypt and Israel. Thus, during the Georgian conflict care were 400 people, of whom 42 persons were treated in hospitals FMBA.
Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova presented today head FMBA order for the courage and dedication demonstrated when assisting victims of the Georgian conflict.
According to Uyby, this year planned to pay particular attention to the "training and retraining of specialists for emergency medical response teams, ensuring the rehabilitation of victims."
Another important activity FMBA, in the words of its leader, will be the development of blood services in Russia. In particular, it will be the development of a national standard "of donor blood and its components. Harvesting, processing and security" would be a uniform information base for the development of the donation.
Russian doctors in the year to intensify efforts to "stabilize the incidence of HIV infection." "One of the main objectives is to intensify work on the establishment of the Anti-HIV", - said Uyba. According to his data, as of 1 January this year in 30 cities in Russia were registered 4 thousand 890 people infected with HIV. The number of deaths from the virus continues to grow, so by the end of 2008 it reached 562 cases.
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