Public Health in the Interest of State Policy
Up to 80% of chronic non-communicable diseases could be prevented if the public is committed to a healthy lifestyle. One of the top priorities of Russia’s public healthcare system is to ensure that people adopt a responsible attitude to their health, but this requires a systematic and integrated approach. Cumulative experience shows that regulatory measures that aim to alter destructive behavioural patterns (smoking tobacco, an unhealthy diet, a lack of physical activity, chronic stress) will be more productive and effective if the concept of quitting bad habits is balanced with mechanisms to gradually reduce the harm that people cause to their bodies with unhealthy lifestyles. Systematic approaches to public health management are not only developed with flexible government regulation, but also as a result of interaction between the professional community, business, and society. Could a policy of bans help reduce the risk of developing chronic non-communicable diseases? How is international experience in risk management reflected in strategies to improve public health? What national programmes and local successful practices in shaping the public’s commitment to healthy lifestyle values could be beneficial in terms of their application in other countries? What mechanisms could help strengthen intercountry cooperation in introducing the concept of reducing harm from risk factors and improving public health?
Moderator
Aleksandr Rozanov,
Director, Association of Medical Sdecialists on Risk Modification
Panellists
Alexey Belyaev,
Director, N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Kirill Kravchenko,
Member of the Board, Gazprom Neft PJSC
Elena Perminova,
Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy, Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Larisa Popovich,
Director, Institute for Health Economics, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Dmitry Ruzanov,
Deputy Director for Research State Institution "Republican Scientific and Practical Pulmonology and Phthisiology";
Professor of the Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Belarusian State Medical University
Airat Farrakhov,
Member of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Budget and Taxes; Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Vice-President, National Medical Chamber
Reuven Zimlichman,
Head of Cardiovascular Research Institute,
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University