Open AccessA STUDY OF THE MEDICO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MORBIDITY AMONG ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Author(s) -
Valery S. Polunin,
Abdul Majid Ali Al-Sabunchi,
Victor V. Korolik,
Gali. Buslayeva
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rossijskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-9100
pISSN - 0869-2106
DOI - 10.18821/0869-2106-2018-24-4-172-175
Subject(s) - population , medicine , environmental health , middle east , socioeconomics , geography , archaeology , sociology
For morbidity is assessed the health of the population, which influence the socio-economic conditions and lifestyle factors, conditions and external factors Wednesday, biological conditions and factors, conditions and factors of the system and service health care. In Russia regularly examines the details of medico-demographic aspects of population health, but the necessary activities to enhance the health of the population of the countries of the Middle East hampered by various problems. Purpose - a study of the medico-social aspects of morbidity among adults and children in the Arab countries of the Middle East. Materials and methods. The research of health status of the population and the influence of socio-hygienic factors in Yemen, Iraq and Syria during the period of 2005-2010, studied modern informational materials on this issue. Results-the health status of the population of Yemen, Iraq and Syria is under the constant influence of the complex socio-hygienic factors mostly negative for the high morbidity of population, the low availability of medical assistance and health literacy, poor living conditions, material income. The first 5 places in the structure of morbidity of the population occupy: andnfekcionnye and parasitic diseases (28.3%), diseases of bodies of digestion (26.1%), respiratory (13.7%), circulatory (12.3%), injuries ( 3.6%), accounting for 83.5% of pathology. Total morbidity adult and children population of the countries surveyed the first three places are occupied by respiratory diseases, infectious diseases and diseases of the digestive system. Almost half of the urban population have daccess to primary health services in the countries studied, the inhabitants of the village-only every fourth. This process in the period from 2011 to 2017 years worsened in connection with military actions. Correction of the prevailing situation is possible only with the establishment of peace and the use of preventive recommendations.