Socially significant infections as the causes of losses in quality of main components of public health in Russia

In Russia, more and more attention is being paid to strengthening public health as a system that covers all spheres of human life. Meanwhile, the medical and social causes of human resources losses as a foundation of public health have not been sufficiently studied. The study aim is to determine structure, rank, and government regulation of medical, biological, and socio-economic causes of losses in quality of human resources (military, labor, reproductive) – the basis of public health as a medical and social resource of Russia caused by socially significant infectious diseases (SSID). Material and methods. In the study an information-analytical method was used with search on leading websites of main regulatory legal acts and publications corresponding to study aim and analysis of them was conducted. Results and discussion. The frequency of SSID registration in regulatory documents governing quality of country’s military reserve, as causes of medical and social losses, amounted to 9.0 % of ICD-10 class I diseases; labor reserve – 6.0 %, reproductive resources – 2.5 %. Among socially significant infections, active tuberculosis and its severe manifestations/ outcomes has become leading cause of medical and social losses of main components of public health: military, labor and reproductive reserves. Conclusions. SSID, despite their small list or low frequency of registration in regulatory documents governing quality of individual components of public health, play significant role in medical and social causes of losses of strategically important public health structures, especially in military reserve.