Social and medical problems of the population of the circumpolar countries – challenges of the modern development of the Arctic

Annotation

The article is based on a review of data, which were submitted in the foreign scientific journals, which reflect the results of the research, which were carried out in the framework of the discipline ‛Public Health’. The characteristic of the social and medical problems of the population of the circumpolar countries in the early XXI century is given.

About authors

Vyazmin Alexander Mikhailovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Vice president for the Strategic development of NSMU, Director of the Institute of Public Health, Health Care and Social Work. The author of more than 200 scientific publications. E-mail: vyazmin@nsmu.ru.

Sannikov Anatoly Leonidovich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Public Health, Health Care and Social Work in NSMU. The author of more than 200 scientific publications. E-mail: jsannikov@yandex.ru.

Mordovsky  Edgar Arthurovich, postgraduate of the Institute of Public Health, Health Care and Social Work in NSMU, doctor-organizer of Public health, Master of Public Health. E-mail: isphamea@yandex.ru

Keywords

Arctic, North, public health

DOI

UDC

614.2(470.1/.2+98)