PRACTICAL HEALTHCARE COOPERATION WITH SCIENCE IS THE KEY TO CHILDREN’S HEALTH
Abstract
In 2024 on the basis on the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University the VIII National Congress with the international participation “Children’s Health — the future of the country” (hereinafter — the Congress) was held, dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR Alexander Fedorovich Tur. The dates of the Congress in 2024, as in previous years, were timed to coincide with the International Children’s Day: May 31 — June 1–2. Traditionally the Congress was held at one of the country’s leading universities, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, which became another platform for sharing the experience of colleagues from abroad and various regions of our country, as well as for finding solutions to the most pressing problems of pediatrics. The Congress was organized by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the Government of St. Petersburg, the Health Committee of the Government of the Leningrad Region, the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Union of Pediatricians of Russia, the Interregional Public Organization League of Doctors of the North-West. As in the previous year, the plenary session, all international conferences, symposiums, round tables and master classes held within the framework of the Congress were videotaped. Foreign guests had an opportunity to join the discussion in the classrooms through electronic systems. Every year, the congress gathers more than 2500 participants from 15 countries and more than 80 cities in Russia. Within the framework of the forum, international conferences, an open meeting of the main neonatologists of Russia, a Russian-Chinese teleconference, symposiums, round tables and master classes were held, more than 400 oral reports and more than 20 poster presentations were heard and discussed.