[The theoretical and organizational basis for the Comprehensive Program for Disease Prevention and Health Improvement of the Population].

The authors present a general characterization of a complex programme of disease prevention developed by the Ministry of health care, Academy of medical science and by other authorities of the USSR. At first, there is an outline of demographic and health state indicators of soviet population and of factors leading to morbidity increase. The major part of the paper deals with an analysis of the aims of this programme, i.