New Delhi,
September, 2022.
The conference ‘Creating a Healthy
Society in the Far East and Arctic’, which was organized by the Roscongress
Foundation’s Healthy Life project, took place at the 7th Eastern
Economic Forum. The conference is part of the plan of events of Russia’s
chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.
The business programme consisted of
two thematic pillars: ‘Demographic Development of the Country – Strategies for
Preserving the People of the Far East and Arctic’ and ‘Human Health as the Top
Priority: Guidelines for Developing Medicine in the Far East and Arctic’. As
part of the business programme, the session ‘Investing in Traditional Values: Russia’s
National Idea of a Prosperous Large Family’ was held with the support of the
Russian Public Chamber, and the session ‘Quality, Accessibility, and Safety of
Medical Care: The Cornerstone of People’s Well-being’ was held with the support
of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare.
“Despite the pandemic, we continue to implement all planned healthcare
projects in the Far East. Above all else, our efforts aim to prevent the most
common diseases that make the greatest negative contribution to medical and
demographic indicators. We have developed algorithms that can get citizens from
the main risk groups to take preventive examinations. Considering the
territorial specifics of the macro-region, special attention is paid to ambulance
aircraft. Last year alone, in 11 regions of the Far East, more than 4,000
people, including children, were transported in a timely manner to specialized
centres for medical care,” First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
Viktor Fisenko said.
The event was attended by: Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of
the Russian Federation Galina Karelova; First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian
Federation Viktor Fisenko; First Deputy Minister of Labour and Social
Protection of the Russian Federation Olga Batalina; Russian Federal Service for
Surveillance in Healthcare Director Alla
Samoylova; State Duma Deputy and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health
Protection of the Russian Federation Dmitry Khubezov; Director of the National Health and Research Centre of Preventive
Healthcare of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Chief Independent Specialist in Therapy
and General Medical Practice of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Oksana Drapkina; Director of the
Russian Research Institute of Health of the Ministry of Health of the Russian
Federation Olga Kobyakova; Chairman of
the Russian Public Chamber’s Commission on Demographics and Protection of the
Family, Childhood, and Traditional Family Values and General Director of the
Institute for Scientific and Public Expertise Sergey Rybalchenko; Member of
the Russian Public Chamber’s Commission on Demographics and Protection of the
Family, Childhood, and Traditional Family Values, Director of the Lopatkin Research Institute of Urology and
Interventional Radiology, and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences Oleg Apolikh in; and Director of the Research Institute for Health
Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow City Health Department Yelena
Aksenova, among others.
In addition, the session ‘Women’s Agenda for a Healthy Society: New Opportunities in
Remote Areas’ was held with the support of the Council of the Eurasian Women’s
Forum and the Women for a Healthy Life project.
The media partners of the
conference ‘Creating a Healthy Society in the Far East and Arctic’ are the
Doctor TV channel, Pharmaceutical Bulletin, Medvestnik, GxP News, Russian
Healthcare, Social Protection in Russia, Remedium Group, Russian Doctor
Publishing House, and Expert Siberia and Far East.
Developing human capital and
improving the well-being and quality of life of the population, including
improving the healthcare system and medical infrastructure in the Arctic, are
among the main priorities of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in
2021–2023.