THE BURDEN OF INFECTIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF MILITARY CONFLICTS

The article presents the relevance of infectious diseases of military epidemiological significance in the conditions of military conflicts, as well as approaches to the specific protection of military personnel. In the conditions of military operations, a significant proportion of non-combat sanitary losses are associated with endemic diseases of an infectious nature. A review of strategies and tactics for specific protection of military personnel based on the experience of different states showed the presence of a wider list of infectious diseases in the calendars of preventive vaccinations for epidemic indications, in comparison with the calendars for immunization of the civilian population. An important task of military epidemiology is to predict epidemiological situations with a high risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases in combat conditions or during the deployment of military personnel in areas with various endemic and geographic features.

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