Current public health challenges during the COVID‑19 pandemic
https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2026-14-17-23
Abstract
Introduction. Infrastructural and population factors of the COVID-19 pandemic have a significant impact on the functioning of public health systems. Studying the multifactorial impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had and continues to have on the health and lives of the population, including medical workers and other risk groups, and evaluating the effectiveness of preventive measures is an important task of modern epidemiology.
Objective. To determine the list of urgent tasks, functions and anti-epidemic measures facing the healthcare system and evaluate the effectiveness of their implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and methods. Information and analytical methods were used to study the features of the epidemic process of the new coronavirus infection, the functions and tasks facing the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The search was performed in five databases of Russian and foreign scientific literature, including Scopus, Jstor, Ebsco, eLibrary.ru, Web of Science, as well as in two search systems for regulatory legal information relevant to Russia (Consultant Plus and Garant), for the period 2020–2024. Based on the study of domestic and international data, an analysis of legislative and regulatory acts, scientific research results was carried out; recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and national health systems on the implementation of a set of anti-epidemic measures to combat COVID-19 were systematized. Overall, 12 domestic and 35 foreign sources were reviewed.
Results. It has been confirmed that the use of new algorithms for preventive measures and medical care in conditions of an intensive epidemic process is a priority task of the healthcare system. Urgent public health measures in the context of a pandemic are the identification and isolation of patients, as well as the early adoption of physical distancing measures to break the chains of transmission of the infectious agent.
Conclusion. Studying the genesis and factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 is extremely important for developing effective strategies to contain the infection and prevent its further spread in epidemic foci.
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Supporting agencies: The study was conducted without sponsorship
About the Authors
G. A. Pryanikov
F. F. Erisman Institute of Public Health, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Grigory A. Pryanikov, postgraduate student
Dept of Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine
Moscow
S. S. Ivanov
F. F. Erisman Institute of Public Health, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey S. Ivanov, postgraduate student
Dept of Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine
Moscow
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