Children's Healthcare During World War II
https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v19i1.2080
Abstract
The results of historical and medical research reflecting the state of children's healthcare system during the most difficult period of our country history — World War II, 1941-1945 yy. — are presented in the article. The aim of this research is to show how the most tough challenges of children's healthcare were solved according to the archive and literature sources. The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that most of the works on this topic were carried out in the Soviet era, so because it was ideology-driven, these works could not show the real picture. Rare studies of the post-Soviet era about situation with children's health during the war are fragmented or have been performed only in some regions. The analysis of the performed study has shown that (despite the extraordinary circumstances of wartime) all the actions performed by central and local health authorities for children health maintenance could be considered as successful. The following tasks were solved: control of infection as the primary cause of children mortality, sensible food security during shortage or even lack of necessary products, implementation of medical help for evacuated children, restoring of paediatric services on the territories that were rid of occupation.
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About the Authors
Valery Yu. Albitskiy
Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children's Health in Central Clinical Hospital; Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Not declared.
Alexander A. Baranov
Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children's Health in Central Clinical Hospital
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Not declared.
Stella A. Sher
Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children's Health in Central Clinical Hospital
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Russian Federation
Moscow.
Disclosure of interest:
Not declared.
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Albitskiy V.Yu., Baranov A.A., Sher S.A. Children's Healthcare During World War II. Current Pediatrics. 2020;19(1):12-19. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v19i1.2080
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