Perspectives: Preventive measures for public health in Russian Federation

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer, pulmonary disease, and diabetes are the main causes (more than 75%) of death in Russia. Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of a premature death both in men and in women. In 2010, the mortality rate of Russian men aged between 25 and 64 years was two times higher than that of European men in the same age, mainly due to CVD mortality. In Russia, as well as in the other European countries, the leading causes of death and disability are directly associated with main risk factors: elevated blood pressure, hypercholesterolaemia, smoking, poor nutrition (low level of vegetable and fruit consumption, excessive salt and fat consumption), physical inactivity, overweight/obesity, and alcohol abuse. In 2013, national guidelines for the prevention of NCDs were developed and published by National Research Center for Preventive Medicine and the Russian National Association of the Cardiologists. Main strategies of preventions were elaborated concerning primary prevention, based on two approaches: the population approach and high-risk one. Inter-sectoral collaboration was declared as an essential part of the population approach. For this purpose, in 2012, the Governmental Committee on health protection was established in the Russian Federation headed by the Primary Ministry. The Committee includes different ministers of Russian Government. The main aim of the Committee is the co-ordination of actions of all fed...
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research