ARCTIC COUNCIL PROJECT HEALTH PRESERVATION OF MIGRANT AND NATIVE ARCTIC POPULATION

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ARCTIC COUNCIL PROJECTHEALTH PRESERVATIONOF
MIGRANT AND NATIVE ARCTIC POPULATION
LEAD COUNTRY - RUSSIALEAD WORKING GROUP - SDWG
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Preconditions

• Residing in extreme conditions has a negative
  impact on health
• Migrants health problems are common for all
  Arctic countries.
• Direct correlation between duration of migrants
  residence in the Far North and their health.
• Aggravation of native population health.

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Major factors influencing health in the Arctic

• For migrants meteorological and geophysical -
  (atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity,
  wind and solar activity, intensity of geomagnetic
  fields, day duration).
• For native population socio-economic factors
  (unfavorable social conditions, misbalanced
  feeding, low quality and efficiency of medical
  care).
• For all - negative influence of anthropogenious
  pollution

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The basic approaches to health improvement of
the Arctic population

• The Inari Declaration points out for all AC
  members
• to solve problems of health preservation,
• to share information about diseases,
• to cooperate
• to assess usage of telemedicine as
• the way to overcome big distances.

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The Project priorities
To make adequate measures on the basis of
experience and knowledge gathered in relevant
projects. (traditional knowledge included)
To conduct pilot projects for implementation
practical recommendations successfully for
migrant and native population To elaborate
practical recommendations for particular
territories of the Arctic countries.
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Tasks of the project (1)

• 1.To define types and prevalence of diseases in
  pilot regions for considerable level and
  availability of medical care
• 2.Creation of the unified health status register
  with information in pilot regions
• 3.Elaboration and implementation of targeted
  recommendation on health preventive measures and
  treatment of native and migrant population

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Tasks of the project (2)

• 4. Analysis scientific research of factors that
  influence health negatively
• 5. Systematization of adaptation mechanism of
  human organism to extreme conditions of the Far
  North
• 6. Special diet recommendations into
  consideration specifics of vitamin status for
  native and migrants

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Tasks of the project (3)
7.    Creation of unique genetic bank for small
nations 8.     Creation of health status control
model 9.     Monitoring the influence of
socio-economic, meteorological, geophysical,
ethnical and cultural factors on health on the
base of Arctic Center of Preventive Medicine
(ACPM) 10.     To demonstrate the results and
methodological approaches (annual scientific and
practical conferences)
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Realization of the project key points

• working out personally oriented practical
  recommendations
• recovering physiological balance
• assessment the real input of socio-economic,
  genetic, meteorological and geophysical factors
• health status assessment of the population in
  pilot regions
• Arctic Center of Preventive Medicine foundation

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Valuable project results

• The project issues could be used by countries
  with the same climatogeographical, ecological and
  demographic situation.
• Implementing unified approaches to health
  preservation will allow to set up a base for
  preventive address measures for further
  development human potential in the Arctic region
  for each country.

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• Possible Further Steps

• To invite AMAP for project implementation
• To establish task force for preparation
• detailed work plan

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ARCTIC COUNCIL PROJECTHEALTH PRESERVATIONOF
MIGRANT AND NATIVE ARCTIC POPULATION
LEAD COUNTRY - RUSSIALEAD WORKING GROUP - SDWG