"Hygiene and Sanitation" journal is 115 years old

Congratulations to the journal "Hygiene and Sanitation", the leading Russian scientific and practical periodical of a hygienic profile, on the 115^th anniversary of its foundation.

This is a long and difficult path that requires deep knowledge, forward thinking and dedication. The journal Hygiene and Sanitation consistently manages to combine the depth of scientific development of fundamental hygiene problems, the acuteness of discussions, commitment to a practical direction, openness of editorial policy and independence.

The journal attracts well-known scientists and promising young researchers and practitioners of practical healthcare to its pages, providing a platform for discussing the problems of a wide range and introducing readers to new areas of scientific research, discoveries and achievements of modern science and practice, reviews of professional literature published in Russia and abroad.

Assessing the path traveled, we can say that the journal has always maintained recognition in the professional scientific community. The works of outstanding domestic and foreign hygienists, researchers, and doctors were published on its pages. Hygiene and Sanitation has always been distinguished by a decent theoretical level of publications. This is confirmed by the high impact factor and the same level of requirements for articles, their originality and reliability. The status of an international journal is not accidental either – the international editorial board includes scientists from twelve countries.

Hygiene and Sanitation consistently adheres to the conceptual approach of presenting the widest possible panorama of various hygiene concepts, scientific views and developments, and the impartiality of the editorial position. Thanks to this approach, the journal retains its reputation as a publication of high theoretical and practical significance – a constant companion of specialists from Rospotrebnadzor bodies and organizations, scientists and healthcare practitioners.

Congratulations to the editor-in-chief of the journal of Hygiene and Sanitation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.N. Rakitsky, members of the editorial board, the editorial board and the editorial staff on a significant date. I wish all the authors of the journal new discoveries, creative success and practical achievements for the benefit of our Motherland, Russian science and healthcare.

Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.Yu. Popova