[Demographic processes in the Amur region under conditions of economics reform in Russia].

Demographic and migration processes are analyzed for the Amur region, a typical Far-Eastern Russian territory with low density of population, in the historical and modern aspects. Low birth rate, high mortality, and negative natural increment of population reflect the social and economic reforms of the nineties in the Russian Far East. Demographic situation and migration processes in Asian and Pacific countries neighboring the Russian Far East are characterized by positive tendencies (high birth rate, natural increment in population number, and tendencies of migration of the capable population from densely populated central and Southern provinces to little populated Eastern provinces).

[Use of spiramycin in the treatment of inflammatory diseases ot the respiratory tract in children in ambulatory conditions].

Comparative efficacy of oral spiramycin and ampicillin was estimated in the treatment of 65 children at the age of 5 to 12 years with infectious inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, tonsils and middle ear. By the 7th day of the treatment with spiramycin the cure was stated in 97.7 per cent of the patients and 2.

[The problem of personnel training].

The solution of the staff problem arising because of reformation of medical education and organization of training of specialists in new fields of medicine, required by the market, is a necessary prerequisite for the realization of the concept of population health protection. The authors share their experience gained in the training of specialists in accordance with the requirements of the reform at medical institutes of the Far East.