Professor L.N. Mazankova: "...it is hardly possible to treat children without the knowledge of infections"

Abstract

An interview with Professor Mazankova Lyudmila Nikolayevna, Dr. Med. Sci., Head of Chair of Children’s Infectious Diseases at the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Chief External Specialist in Children's Infections in the Central Federal District of the Ministry of Health of Russian and the Moscow Healthcare Department. An Honoured Doctor of the Russian Federation.

Lyudmila Nikolayevna told us about her path in the profession: the impact of one clinical case on the area of her scientific activities; about new guidelines for the preventive vaccination against pneumococcal disease in children and adults; about the vaccines, which will appear in the national calendar in the near future; and about the fight against anti-vaccination lobbyists.

Also, the interview addressed such important topics as the rising number of COVID-19 cases in children, prevailing strains and possible measures to prevent infectious diseases.