The Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Institute and it’s 90 years of scientific and practical cooperations

Objective: to form a brief overview of data on the interactions of the Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Research Institute with the other state institutions ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological population wellbeing. Materials and methods : analysis of archive materials and literature sources from databases and electronic libraries such as E-library, CyberLeninka, etc. Results: We have described the main directions of the interactions of the Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Research Institute with the institutions of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, that have been directed on realization of collaborative studies, planning of cooperative publications, organizing and conducting advisory, methodological and practical assistance. Special attention has been paid to the activities that bring together specialists from both research and educational institutions and practical health-care in the Rostov region. Conclusion: Coordinated actions of specialists from the Rostov-on-Don Anti Plague Research Institute with the bodies and organizations of Rospotrebnadzor, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on improvement of epidemiological surveillance, diagnostics and prevention of infectious diseases allow us to carry out effective surveillance of especially dangerous infections and to promote improvement of professional level of profile specialists.