80 Years of the Medicine and Tropical Hygiene Center in Gdynia (1937-2017): The Pioneer Pre-War Years 1937-1939.

The present Interdepartmental Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia of the Medical University of Gdańsk was formally established in 1939 by the Order of June 5, 1939, of the Minister of Social Welfare, Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski. However, the Branch of the National Institute of Hygiene in Gdynia was founded 2 years earlier, in 1937 (the first head was Dr. Med.

[Influenza and influenza-like illnesses in Slaskie voivodship in 2000-2005].

Unlabelled: Influenza is a seasonal viral disease. In Poland several thousand to several million cases and suspected cases of influenza are registered every epidemic season. The active participation of all 16 voivodships in SENTINEL the integrated epidemiological and virological surveillance of influenza and influenza-like illnesses, as well as the increase in flu vaccinations in each voivodship, is of significant importance, not only on account of seasonal morbidity, but also of a possible influenza pandemic.

[Role of the State Sanitary Inspection in supervision over nosocomial infections].

Suitably conducted monitoring of nosocomial infections in Polish health care centers would be a proof of the quality of medical services for the Polish society. However, because of some organizational and financial negligence from previous years, the Ministry of Health services are implementing practical and scientific rules of the nosocomial infections monitoring, through the implementation of systemic solutions, recommendations and suitable procedures. The State Sanitary Inspection has prepared a modern amendment of the act of communicable diseases and infections, which will help with proper enforcement of reliable reports and registers conducted by professional groups and existing committees for nosocomial infection control.

[Health Polish foods as the chance for Polish agriculture in the united Europe].

This paper discuss the matter of food quality and safety which is available for whole population in Poland in 2001. The results of the nation wide control survey of food safety in 2001 conducted by the State Sanitary Inspection, where used as the source of data. Those results concerned 233.