The History of Elaboration and Development of Socio-Hygienic Monitoring in the Sverdlovsk Region

Abstract

Background: The creation and development of socio-hygienic (public health) monitoring in the Sverdlovsk Region is an example of implementing a relevant and practically important governmental instrument in the field of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population on an interdisciplinary basis using a systematic approach to analyzing health effects of environmental factors. This has determined the objective of the study to analyze the history of the development of social and hygienic monitoring in the Sverdlovsk Region in the 20th – 21st centuries. Materials and methods: We describe three timespans of the development of socio-hygienic monitoring: the years 1991–2000, 2001–2010, and 2011–2020, as well as the period since 2021, each described by implementation of significant decisions aimed to increase efficiency of information and analytical support of sanitary and epidemiological welfare and health risk assessment, management, monitoring, and communication. Results: The article highlights the milestones that have influenced the development of the system of socio-hygienic monitoring in the Sverdlovsk Region, name its contributors and specify their innovations put into practice, often for the first time in history, of the bodies and institutions of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), and delineate dissemination of experience and achieved results in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Conclusion: We outline areas for improvement and medium-term objectives of socio-hygienic monitoring in the Sverdlovsk Region within implementation of the Concept for Development of Socio-Hygienic Monitoring through to 2030.