OUTBREAK MORBIDITY IN RUSSIA (ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON THE SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)

The paper summarizes and analyzes the information on outbreak morbidity in the Russian Federation, which is contained in the official sources and available from official documents. It notes the role (importance) of epidemic outbreaks of communicable diseases in the social and political life of the country. Some issues of terminology are discussed and concerns about modification of the existing terms referring to outbreak morbidity are voiced. The materials available in the government reports «On the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation» from 2004 to 2011 and some other official documents of the Russian Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare are analyzed and indicators, such as outbreaks, victims, territorial subjects that have notified outbreaks, as well as data on outbreaks in the therapeutic-and-prophylactic institutions and on acute enteric infection outbreaks are systematized and analyzed. The severity, instability of the situation associated with outbreak morbidity as a whole and a number of pitfalls in antiepidemic work are noted.

outbreak morbidity, government report «On the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation», epidemic outbreak, epidemic focus