[THE WHO COLLABORATING CENTER FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS 10 YEARS OLD].

By using the experience gained by the pilot areas, the WHO collaborating center has shown the efficiency of implementation of the WHO program adapted to the conditions of Russia and the necessity of re-equipping and strengthening of a bacteriological service and improving the qualification of physicians and laboratory workers of an antituberculous service and the general medical service in tuberculosis control. The results of the work have forced the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation to adoption of a number of normative documents that are aimed at improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis. At the same time, the fair realization of these documents requires supervisory institutes to make a continuous monitoring, to improve further the material-and-technical basis of the tuberculosis dispensary of a bacteriological service, and to raise the level of the staffs skills.