RESULTS OF THE XIXth INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "STOCHIK READINGS" 

On November 19, 2021, the XIXth International Scientific Conference "Stochik Readings" on PANDEMIC: HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE, CURRENT PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR COMBATING THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS INFECTIONS was held at the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A.Semashko.

The event was held online and broadcast on the YouTube platform, where the conference was watched by more than 1,700 people at a time. Over the next 6 days, more than 1000 people looked through the materials of the conference, which are freely available on the website of "Stochik Readings". The conference received numerous reviews from different countries of the world, 244 people highly appreciated the materials of the conference, noting the reports they liked.

The event was held with the participation of the representatives of the World Health Organization, Rospotrebnadzor, Roszdravnadzor, specialists in the history of medicine and healthcare organization, leading epidemiologists, virologists and experts in other fields of medicine from Russia, Italy, Great Britain, Israel, Germany, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine. The conference served as an international platform for generating new ideas, the existing world experience in combating pandemics was analyzed, a vector of a new direction in modern medical science and medical education was set, the issues of necessary transformations in health protection systems were raised due to the urgency of the pandemics threat in the future.

The conference participants were sent greetings from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation M.A. Murashko, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation M.V. Kizeev.

The conference was solemnly opened by the director of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko, DSc in Medicine Zudin Alexander Borisovich. In his opening speech, he emphasized the crucial role of the public health sciences and the history of medicine in analyzing, understanding the current situation and predicting the future development of the pandemic.

"Public health, as a science about the strategy and tactics of strengthening, preserving and restoring the health of the population as a whole and of each person separately, should serve as the basis on which numerous but disparate smalts of achievements of individual medical sciences can be collected into a mosaic of a pandemic," he said in particular.

In his speech, Alexander Borisovich emphasized the special role of the history of medicine in the problem under discussion: "Through the prism of time, through awareness and analysis, and adaptation to the current situation, we strive to build a forecast and model for the development of epidemics in the future."

Further, the director of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko gave the floor to Melita Vuinovich, the Special Representative of the World Health Organization in the Russian Federation.

Professor Vujnovich informed of the previous work of the organisation to prevent quarantine infection epidemics, recalling the leading role of the USSR in the eradication of smallpox around the world. She also spoke about the modern decisions of the World Health Organization in connection with the new pandemic of the coronavirus infection.

Then Mikhail Vladimirovich Kizeev, the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the chief physician of FSBHI "Medical Center" Reshma "of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, was called upon to speech.

He emphasized the importance of holding such a high-level conference in order to develop solutions to combat "such a complex infection that has been dominating our minds for 2 years and significantly affects public health." He mentioned the huge economic losses in connection with the pandemic and assured the public that the State Duma would take the necessary decisions in order to provide "financial support to those areas that have been most affected by this covid infection." Mikhail Vladimirovich expressed confidence in the high efficiency and constructiveness of the conference.

Plutnitsky Andrey Nikolaevich, the director of the Department of Project Activities of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, DSc in Medicine, congratulated the conference participants on his own behalf and on behalf of Mikhail Albertovich Murashko, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. In his welcoming speech, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation emphasized the crucial role of the conference in the fight against the new coronavirus infection, which has become "one of the strongest challenges to health systems around the world, including our country."

Plutnitsky A.N. highlighted the advantages of the Russian healthcare system, which turned out to be the most prepared to face such a terrible enemy, as well as the decisiveness and immediacy of the measures taken by the Ministry of Health in the fight against the pandemic. And he called for active vaccination with 6 vaccines registered in the Russian Federation, focusing on the need to clarify the importance of vaccination in order to prevent and combat the coronavirus infection.

The conference participants were greeted by Professor Gintsburg Alexander Leonidovich, the director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei ”of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Biology. He reminded those present about the founder of the conference - Academician Andrei Mikhailovich Stochik and about his significant contribution to medical science and higher medical education, as well as to the work of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Alexander Leonidovich described the conference as a high-ranking one, comparing it in terms of status and world recognition in the medical world with the Lancet magazine. Congratulating the participants and emphasizing the highest level of the list of the conference speakers, he expressed confidence in the successful work of the XІXth International Conference "Stochik Readings".

The first plenary session was devoted to the fundamental principles of combating pandemics, during which the following reports were presented:

Professor Khabriev Ramil Usmanovich, Scientific Director of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Medicine, Dsc in Pharmacy, “COVID-19 Lessons: How to Realize the Potential of Science?». Ramil Usmanovich revealed the state and available science resource in the fight against COVID-19.

Professor Samoilova Alla Vladimirovna, DSc in Medicine, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare, "Problems in organizing the provision of medical treatment to patients during a pandemic"

Professor Zuev Victor Abramovich, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Member of the Presidium and Academician-Secretary of the Department of Virology and Prion Diseases, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, DSc in Medicine, in his notewothy report "Vaccination is the fundamental basis for local and global smallpox eradication" showed the results of the fight against smallpox, which arose in the 50s of the last century in Moscow.

 Professor Drynov Georgy Igorevich, Professor of the Faculty of Specialized and Experimental Medicine and Diagnostics at the University of Bologna, Head of the Bachelor's Degree in Allergology and Immunology at the University of Bologna, Certified Expert and Reviewer of the journals “The Lancet”, “Jama”, “BMJ”, “The Cell”, Dsc in Medicine, continued the theme of the importance of measures to prevent and combat epidemics in his report "Coronavirus: 5 expectations, reality, prospects"

The section "The History of Pandemics" was presented by the following reports:

Nutton Vivian, Emeritus Professor at the UCL Center for the History of Medicine, University College London, Current President of the Center for the Study of Medicine and the Body in Renaissance ((The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)"Covid and the Plague of the Renaissance: Some Comparisons"

ProfessorBriko Nikolay Ivanovich,  Director of the Institute of Public Health named after F.F. Erisman, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine of “First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov " of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Chief Epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dsc in Medicine, "The epidemics that shocked the world and civilizations"

Professor Malinnikova Elena Yurievna,, Head of the Department of Virology of "Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Dsc in Medicine, "From the history of pandemics: sophisticated " common lessons "or the history of viral hepatitis pandemics"

Professor Mikhailov Mikhail Ivanovich, Head of the Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums named after I.I. Mechnikov ", Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dsc in Medicine, "The history of the creation and use of the vaccines against hepatitis A and B."

In the reports the authors explored the objective causes of epidemics using the factual material, revealed and analyzed the contradictions and many aspects which reflect the influence of the events that occurred in different historical periods on the occurrence of epidemics.

The section "Coronavirus Pandemic" was devoted to the origin, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the new coronavirus infection, monitoring the evolution of the pathogen COVID-19 and biological hazard. It was disclosed in the reports of the following speakers:

 Professor Grebennikova Tatyana Vladimirovna, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Dsc in Biology,"New and recurring infections are a biological threat"

Professor Netesov Sergei Victorovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dsc in Biology,"The origin of human coronaviruses";

 Khafizov Kamil Faridovich, PhD in Biology,"Diagnostics and monitoring of the evolution of the Covid-19 pathogen";

Julia Schindler, Head of the laboratory of microbiology and coronavirus of Mayanei Hayeshua hospital Bney Brak   (Israel) "Laboratory diagnostics of the coronavirus COVID-19 - the main tasks, the crutial difficulties: at the beginning of the pandemic and after the vaccination";

Professor Totolyan Areg Artemovich Director of the Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology (St. Petersburg),  Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dsc in Medicine, " Covid -19 Immunology";

Professor Svitich Oksana Anatolievna, Director of “Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums named after I.I. Mechnikov ", Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dsc in Medicine, “New approaches in the creation of vaccine preparations for a wide range of pathogens. The Phenomenon of "Trained Immunity";

Professor Vavilova Tatiana Vladimirovna, Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Medical Education, Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center named after V.A. Almazov "of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Chief Freelance Specialist in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, DSc in Medicine,,  “Laboratory diagnostics at the "anti-covid" front - victories and uncertainties ";

Professor Pokrovsky Vadim Valentinovich, Head of the Sector of the Specialized Research Laboratory of Epidemiology and AIDS Prevention of the Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution "Central Research Institute of Epidemiology" of Rospotrebnadzor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Medicine, "Infections and Demography".

  The report by Professor Drynov Georgy Igorevich, Professor of the Faculty of Specialized and Experimental Medicine and Diagnostics at the University of Bologna, Head of the Bachelor's Degree in Allergology and Immunology at the University of Bologna, Certified Expert and Reviewer of the journals “The Lancet”, “Jama”, “BMJ”, “The Cell”, Dsc in Medicine,, devoted to the achievements of medicine during the coronavirus pandemic, completed this section. He emphasized that despite the terrible pandemic, medical science continued to develop in all its fields.

The original work on the study of COVID-19 revealed the depth of the problem from all sides, clarifying the objective picture in this matter.

The final section highlighted Russian and international experience in combating the pandemic. The following reports were presented:

Tancred Stobe, Member of the Board of the German chapter of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), «Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Health Work in Afghanistan to Treat Infectious Diseases and COVID 19»;

Professor Semenov Alexander Vladimirovich,, Head of Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections of the "Vector" Institute of Rospotrebnadzor, Dsc in Biology,"Great help with lesser forces (on work to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Tajikistan)";

Protsenko Denis Nikolaevich, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation, Chief Physician of the City Clinical Hospital No. 40 of  Mosgorzdrav, PhD in Medicine, "Sepsis in the covid disease";

Colonel of the Medical Service, Associate Professor of the Department of Management of Military Health of the Branch of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Head of the Russian Medical Specialists of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Bergamo, Phd in Medicine  Yumanov Alexander Petrovich , "Work Organisation of the joint detachment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in a field hospital in Bergamo, the Italian Republic.".

Joint report “The mental state of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (cohort study)" was presented by:

Volkov Alexey Vladimirovich, PhD in Medicine, Head of the 4th General Psychiatric Department of the Clinic of Psychiatry named after S.S. Korsakov of First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov,

Kinkulkina Marina Arkadyevna,  Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Medicine,

Professor Ivanets Nikolay Nikolaevich, Honorary Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov”, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Director of the Clinic of Psychiatry named after S.S. Korsakov, University Clinical Hospital No. 3, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov”, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, DSc in Medicine,

Tikhonova Yulia Gulyamovna, DSc in Medicine, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky,the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministery of Health of the Russian Federation.

The reports aroused great interest of the audience.

Articles from scientific and educational institutions of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan were sent to the conference.  Out of  82 articles,42 were selected for publication. Russia is represented by 38 works, Ukraine - 2, Belarus - 1, Kyrgyzstan –1.

Moscow is represented by 20, St. Petersburg –7, Voronezh - 4, Volgograd - 2, Smolensk –1, Rostov –1, Khabarovsk –1, Nalchik –1, Cheboksary –1..

The employees of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko "presented 4 works, The Gamalei National Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology  - 9, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University  –2, Volgograd State Medical University –2, etc.

3 works are devoted to epidemiology and cholera control, 2 - anti-plague measures , 2 - typhus , 1 - smallpox , 2 - childhood infections , 21 - various aspects of the history of pandemic and epidemics and the state of their fight today , 10- biographies of scientists dealing with epidemiology , 1 - terminology.

The journal “Bulletin of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.А. Semashko " published 11 articles in No. 3 and No. 4 each.

The remaining 20 articles are planned to be printed in No. 1, 2022.

Summing up the results of the XІX International Scientific Conference "Stochik Readings", we can state its high rating. The conference served as an international platform for generating new ideas, the existing world experience in combating pandemics was analyzed, a vector of a new direction in modern medical science and medical education was set, the issues of necessary transformations in health protection systems were raised due to the urgency of the pandemics threat in the future.

Due to the fact that the conference regulations do not provide for a discussion section, we invite you to get acquainted with the speakers of the XІXth International Scientific Conference "Stochik Readings" in more detail at the meetings of the discussion club. The sessions will be held in full-time and part-time format in the building of the Russian Museum of Medicine of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko ".