THE FACULTY OF "MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE AFFAIRS" OF THE KYRGYZ STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY NAMED AFTER I.K. AKHUNBAYEV IS 70 YEARS!

Abstract

In the pre-October period in Kyrgyzstan there was no state body that would deal with the problems of improving the sanitary condition of settlements and improving the sanitary culture of the population, organizing the fight against epidemics, which had severe economic and demographic consequences. The working and living conditions of the population also remained extremely unsatisfactory. It was only after the establishment of Soviet power that the sanitary and epidemiological service arose and developed as a form of state medical activity, as a system of measures aimed at preventing infectious diseases and improving the sanitary condition of the country. The Sanitary and Hygienic Faculty of the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute was organized in 1953, the first graduation of which was 77 graduates. Over the past 70 years, the faculty has trained more than 3,000 qualified specialists who form the backbone of the country's public health.