On participation of IAC specialist in the Working Group meeting

On 30 November - 1 December,  2017 in the Executive Committee of CIS the Working Group meeting to develop proposals on medical and sanitary and epidemiological support of civil aviation aircraft of the CIS Member States was held.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, Federal Service for Surveillance on Customer Rights and Human Wellbeing, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, aviation authorities, aviation enterprises, airlines, educational institutions and research organizations of the Azerbaijan Republic, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Interstate Aviation Committee and CIS Executive Committee. 

The meeting of the Working Group was organized by the Executive Committee of CIS in accordance with the decision of the XXVII meeting of the Council on Healthcare Cooperation of the CIS member states, held in Bishkek on April 28, 2017, at which, on the initiative of the Interstate Aviation Committee, a decision was made to establish the Working Group, the Regulation on the Working Group and the Program of activities for the development of proposals on issues of sanitary and epidemiological support of civil aviation of the CIS member states were approved.

The Working Group was organized for the purpose of information exchange and the development of interdepartmental cooperation between healthcare organizations and the aviation industry of the Commonwealth states in the preparation of draft standard documents regulating the regulatory framework for medical support of civil aviation of the Commonwealth states in accordance with common standards, rules, and procedures adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Health Organization.

Participants of the Working Group discussed issues of intersectoral cooperation, including the prevention of public health emergencies in civil aviation. The Working Group members and a list of draft regulatory legal acts under development on key areas of medical support for civil aviation in the Commonwealth were determined. The Working Group members discussed prospects for further collaboration in the field of medical support in the fiels of aviation safety in CIS member states and determined the program for future meetings.