[The analysis of the state and the dynamics of the health manpower resources of the subjects of the Russian Federation in 1990 - 2004].

The labor and manpower resources are among the major resources of public health system. The article presents the analysis of the provision of the population of the Russian Federation with the medical and paramedical personnel during the last fifteen years both on the national and regional level. The revealed territorial differences in resources provision and two- and three-fold abmodality of the indices of medical and paramedical personnel supply testify of the urgent need in the comprehensive systemic approach in resolving the problem of the availability of the high-quality medical care to the population.

[Development of a regional program for prevention of children's disability].

Pressing problems (social, socio-hygienic, medical, legal, etc.) of childhood disability are discussed for a typical Russian territory. Causes of disability from the viewpoint of its prevention are analyzed.