Onishchenko, G.G., Kovalev, N.G., Kovalchuk, I.V., Balaban, O.A.

Organization of the work of the state sanitary and epidemiological service of the Stavropol Territory during the period of the liquidation of the consequences of the high flood in urban and rural regions of the Territory in 2002

Center of State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance in the Stavropol Territory

As the result of high flood occurring during the period of June 21—22, 2002, in the Stavropol Territory, 65 settlements were affected. About 200,000 inhabitants found themselves lacking centralized drinking water supply. From the very first days of the emergency situation the state sanitary and epidemiological service took a complex of measures aimed at the liquidation of the medico-sanitary consequences of the high flood, the prevention of the appearance of mass infectious diseases among the affected population. As the result of these measures, the appearance of the outbreaks of acute enteric infections, viral hepatitis A, aggravations in malaria and other infectious diseases could be prevented.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2003, No. 6, Supplement, P. 18—23