ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN SOVIET ESTONIA

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in combatting such diseases as malaria, brucellosis, rabies, poliomyelitis, diphteria, whooping cough, tuberculosis, and measles. This has been accomplished by prophylactic measures, improved laboratory diagnosis, systematic vaccination, and a network of sanitary-epidemiological stations. Medical facilities in the Estonian SSR are among the best in the Soviet Union.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1969
Accession Number
AD0688050

Entities

People

  • Kh. O. Pikhl
  • O. M. Tamm

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actinomycetales Infections
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques (Medicine)
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
  • Health Services
  • Hepatitis
  • Hygiene
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Public Health
  • Tuberculosis
  • Ussr
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccines
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology