event description

On 31 March a meeting of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health was held. The main topic on the agenda was the development of industrial medicine in the CIS countries. It is the system for preventing accidents and occupational diseases of the working population. Representatives of parliaments, authorities, specialized research centers, organizers of public, industrial and military health care took part in the discussion.

The experts exchanged opinions on the key issues of industrial medicine, the need to harmonize legislation governing the health of industrial workers, including in fuel and energy complex, which is important for the economies of each of the CIS countries.

The awarding of memorable signs “IPA CIS. 30 years” was also head in the framework of the session. Dmitry Kobitsky presented awards for contribution to development and improvement the legal basis of the IPA CIS to Yury Scherbuk, Director of the International Nonprofit Organization “Eurasian Cooperation for Clinical Guidelines and Public Health Development” Sergey Savashinsky, and Professor of the Chair of Labor and Social Law of the St. Petersburg State University Law Department Nelly Diveeva.

Official press release