[The practical performance of cholera control measures in the USSR during the 7th pandemic]

The critical analysis of anticholera measures carried out in the USSR since 1965 till the present time is presented. The grounds for the abolition or considerable reduction of a number of measures are considered from the viewpoint of their scientific substantiation, the adequacy of means and efforts spent for their realization and their antiepidemic effectiveness. Special attention is paid to the necessity of differentiated approach to these measures, depending on concrete local climatic and geographical, sanitary, hygienic and other factors which determine the epidemic potential of a given administrative territory.