[The possibilities of congenital pathology primary prophylaxis as responsibility of general practitioner in Ukraine]

The aim was to study some tendencies of congenital pathology primary prophylaxis in context of Governmental measures and general practitioner's activity.

The information basis of investigation was made up from foreign and home publications, lawmaking documents and data of questioners. Questioners were filled in by doctors who obtained general practitioner qualification (152 persons). The questioner contained information about sex, age, marital status of future general practitioners. It also contained questions about progress in studies at Medical University, healthy way of life maintenance during pregnancy, understanding of possibility to prevent child birth with congenital malformation, ways of congenital malformations prophylaxis in general practitioner's activity.

System approaches to congenital pathology burden reduce started forming. State possibilities are not applied effectively in congenital pathology primary prophylaxis. Doctors who obtain general practitioner qualification understand the importance of healthy way of life and medical and genetic consultation for birth child with congenital malformations preventing. Future general practitioners consider that it is possible to carry out complex of steps for decreasing congenital pathology burden.

It is impossible to carry out special congenital malformations prophylaxis programs because of economic situation in Ukraine. At the same time some results could be achieved due to professional activity of general practitioners and carrying out specific preventive measures on the way to decrease of congenital malformations burden.