[Experience with improving child health services in a rural region]

In order to reduce morbidity and especially infant mortality, alongside the state tasks, a number of health activities have been carried out in the region which to some extent helped reduce infant morbidity and mortality. But there are a number of social, medical and general culture problems the solution of which would be conducive to still better results: (a) problems related to living conditions; (b) child nutrition problems; (c) the increase of vacancies for children in preschool establishments; (d) the improvement of hospital care for children; (e) the improvement of out-patient activities; (f) the raising of volume and quality of curative and preventive measures; (g) the improvement of hygienic habits of population. The complex solution of social, medical and educational problems taking into consideration the specific conditions of the region, population residing in these regions, traditions and experience gained in organizations responsible for children's health would drastically improve the level of children's health.