[Trends in the joint work of the National Center for Hygiene and the epidemiological hygiene inspectorates in the field of communal hygiene].

Abstract

Based on cardinal problems of medical prevention, the author formulates priority lines of action for the country's health structures in the field of community health, emphasizing areas for interaction between the National Center of Hygiene and Hygiene-and-Epidemiology Inspectorates across the country. According to the author, priority problems necessitating collaborative efforts between the National Center of Hygiene and HEIs throughout the country should be focused on the following areas: updating sanitary legislation; environmental monitoring, including community and territorial planning; health risk assessment; development of an efficient health-information system concerning environment and health; manpower training; and ecologic education of the public. Collaboration also needs to cover joint implementation of projects at international collaboration level along the lines of the World Health Organization, the PHARE programs, etc. The priorities referred to also reflect the conception of medical prevention functions in the area of community health.