[Problem of providing health services to the population: a practicing physician's view]. / K voprosu ob upravlenii zdorov'em naseleniia: vzgliad prakticheskogo vracha.

In order to be an active and creative worker and to withstand ever increasing pressure of the environment every individual needs a certain level of health and a certain adaptation potential. This level of health should be maintained and promoted in every possible way. Otherwise the rise in morbidity and mortality of population, the reduction of expectation of life and deterioration of genetic fund is inevitable. Unfortunately health and physical improvement in our country is out of fashion. The maintenance and promotion of health has not become an issue of vital importance and a moral duty of each individual. The overwhelming majority of people are not aware of the level of its health. A lot of physicians does not possess methods to diagnose wellness. Medical science and applied public health while declaring the principles and the leading role of prevention give priority to the development of curative medicine. At the same time population health can be and should be controlled. The maintenance and promotion of health depends on the correlation between three levels of responsibility for health: individual, medical science and applied public health and state, its bodies, departments, institutions and organizations.