Laboratory staff. File photoMOSCOW, Jun 16Analysis of documents on the activities of the US Threat Reduction Administration (DTRA) in Ukraine shows that one of its priorities is the training of field epidemiologists, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces RF Armed Forces Igor Kirillov. «Analysis of documents on the activities of the Threat Reduction Department in Ukraine indicates that one of the priority tasks of DTRA is the training of field epidemiologists. As part of the training courses, the American side is actively introducing its own standards for diagnosing infectious diseases that do not correspond to current health problems» , Kirillov said at a briefing on Thursday. The health organization has declared Ukraine a country at high risk of a polypoly outbreak. omyelitis, and the fight against this especially dangerous disease is an obvious priority.» With this in mind, the response of the project manager of the Ukrainian office of DTRA Brendt Siegel to the regional representative of the World Health Organization attracts attention. It states that the biological threat reduction program being implemented in Ukraine «… does not provide for the study of diseases such as polio …». The question arises: then what diseases are relevant for Ukraine?” Kirillov added. in Ukraine
