MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. The new Arctic medicine standard, developed by the Murmansk region, will focus on disease prevention and include the best medical practices from the Russian Arctic zone, the Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk region said.

In August, at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, the governor of the Murmansk region, Andrey Chibis, suggested creating a special standard of medical care for the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, emphasizing that medicines in the Arctic were more expensive than anywhere else in the country. The president supported the suggestion.

“The regions of the Russian Federation should study their best practices, discuss with the scientific community and develop a set of standards for Arctic medicine. First of all, it is necessary to develop preventive measures. In addition, during preventive examinations, depending on the region and the number of diseases, to have expanded the set of measures to identify cancer risks at an early stage Another aspect that I would like to propose to analyze in detail is that of medical care, taking into account. logistics in remote areas The press service cited the governor’s words.

The new medical standard would also involve new centers for the prevention and evaluation of reproductive health disorders in adolescents, an update of sanitary and epidemiological regulations for catering in kindergartens and schools to cope vitamin and mineral deficiencies.