11th Research and Production Team "Current infectious diseases of the Volga-Vyatka region"

On November 15–16, 2023, the 11th interregional interdisciplinary scientific and practical conference “Current infectious diseases of the Volga-Vyatka region” was held in Nizhny Novgorod.
The conference was held as a face-to-face event with online broadcast to the regions of the Volga Federal District and the Russian Federation.

The organizers of the conference were:

• Ministry of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod Region;
• Office of Rospotrebnadzor for the Nizhny Novgorod region;
• FBUN "Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after. Academician I.N. Blokhina" of Rospotrebnadzor;
• GBUZ NO "Nizhny Novgorod Regional Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases";
• Euro-Asian Society for Infectious Diseases.
• The Conference was attended by 647 people, including doctors of various specialties (pediatricians, therapists, infectious disease specialists, anesthesiologists, resuscitators, healthcare organizers, epidemiologists), microbiologists, bacteriologists, specialists from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Rospotrebnadzor, Roszdravnadzor, research institutes of various departments, higher educational institutions and commercial structures.

Among the Conference participants were representatives of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation from all federal districts of the country, including colleagues from the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

On November 16, 2023, at the meeting of the section “Evolution of the epidemic process of current infectious diseases: science and practice,” a Regional scientific and practical conference of young scientists was held with the participation of schoolchildren and students of specialized universities, organized in accordance with the institute’s event plan dedicated to the Decade of Science and Technology , announced by the President of the Russian Federation (decree No. 231 of April 25, 2022).

Within the framework of the section, 21 scientific reports were presented in the following areas:

• current infectious diseases: epidemiological features, molecular genetic characteristics of pathogens, improvement of the epidemiological surveillance system, prevention;
• healthcare-associated infections: monitoring, risk management, prevention;
• resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobial drugs: determinants of antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity, mechanisms of resistance;
• problematic issues of disinfection: effective disinfectants and sterilization agents and technologies.
• vaccine-preventable diseases.
• digital technologies in epidemiology.

Within the framework of the Conference, a competition of reports of young scientists was held. Based on the results of the Contest of Reports of Young Scientists, the following were awarded:

• First degree diploma – Elena Igorevna Velikzhanina;
• II degree diploma – Alina Sergeevna Belousova; Senina Margarita Dmitrievna;
• third degree diploma – Elena Aleksandrovna Sedova; Tuzova Irina Nikolaevna; Udalova Tatyana Aleksandrovna.
• For the high level of presentation of reports and professional knowledge of the material, the institute's research staff were noted: Filatova E.N., Sakharnov N.A., Kolesnikova E.A.