Abstract
On the 17th-19th November 2016 Annual V Congress of the National Association of phthisiatricians with international participation was performed in Saint-Petersburg. This year the theme of the Congress was: «Modern directions of phthisiatry development: researches, interdisciplinary integration, results, and perspectives». The con- gress program has been prepared with the participation of: employees of FGBU «SPb NIIF» of Russian Ministry of Health, colleagues of FGBI «Ural Scientific Research Institute» of Russian Ministry of Health, the Central Institute of Tuberculosis of Russian Academy of Sciences, staff of GKUZ of Moscow city «MNPTS struggle with tuberculosis of Moscow health department», and St. Petersburg «SRI of interstitial and orphan lung diseases», with participation of the Russian Society of Phthisiatrists and the Russian Association of medical nurses. At the Congress interdisciplinary approaches in phthisiatry, modern technologies of TB care, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis were discussed. More than 1,000 specialists in various fields, in- cluding phthisiatry, pulmonology, radiology, pediatrics, thoracic surgery, infectious diseases, and other attended the V Congress of the «National Association of Phthisi- atricians». 20 schools and workshops, 22 symposiums,7 round tables, 3 plenary sessions, and 1 thematic poster session were carried out. The work of the Congress wasconcluded by general meeting of members of the «Na- tional Association of Phthisiatrists», where the President of the Association presented the report on the work of the organization over the last year and discussion on the Project of Professional standards of phthisiatricians was conducted.