The health of populations living in the indigenous minority settlements of northern Yakutia.

This monograph contains the results of a study carried out by the Yakutsk Research Center for Complex Medical Problems, "Evaluating the health of the indigenous minorities of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and optimizing medical assistance using innovative technologies and telemedicine in indigenous settlements." The child population was studied in 19 indigenous minority settlements, and the adult population was studied in 12 settlements.

Health status of Native people living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Background: Native people of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) live mostly in northern regions in the so-called "national settlements". Natives usually experience more health-related problems as compared to the total population. As a result, life expectancy at the birth of Natives living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is lower compared to ethnic groups living in European countries, in the United States, and in Canada.

Response of mononuclear phagocyte system to experimental tuberculosis in mice of opposite strains.

Genetically determined peculiarities of the reaction of the mononuclear phagocyte system to BCG vaccine manifested in CBA and C57Bl/6 mice by differences in the number and size of granulomas and time course of changes in the cellular composition of granulomas, peripheral blood, and bone marrow.

[Intensive chemotherapy tolerance in old patients with pulmonary tuberculosis].

In accordance with the WHO recommendations, the intensive stage of chemotherapy was performed in 100 patients aged 60 to 87 years who had pulmonary tuberculosis. Most (n = 78) patients successfully completed this stage and the remaining 22 patients developed intractable adverse reactions and they had to receive individual chemotherapy regimens. In addition, 27 more patients had adverse reactions that could be eliminated by routine methods, without discontinuing standard treatment.