Торонченко О. М.

We have examined the problem of the negative impact of air pollution on public health in the Poltava region. We’ve analyzed dynamics of medical statistics of the respiratory diseases, identified the most problematic cities of this region for indicators of this diseases. Raised the question of the affordability, availability and quality of information regarding air pollution to the general public and health care professionals in terms of prevention of respiratory diseases.

In Ukraine is the second largest (after the Ob-Irtysh in Russia) endemic area of opisthorchiasis in the Dniepr basin, which requires environmental monitoring and prevention, despite the decline in the number of reported new cases. We have analyzed incidence on opisthorchiasis in Poltava region. Identified main parameters of the epidemic process. The highest rates in recent years consistently recorded in the basin of the river Sula (Lokhvitskii, Lubensky, Orzhitsky areas) and river Khorol (Mirgorod, Semenovsky areas). Among the preventive measures it is important to improve the quality of wastewater treatment, reliability and efficiency of drainage systems, improvement of rivers and continuous study of populations of Bithyniidae snails resistance to environmental factors.