Socially Significant Diseases: Modern Approaches to Prevention and Therapy

The timely prevention and treatment of major chronic non-communicable diseases play a key role in preserving human capital. In 2025, Russia launched a new national project called ‘Long and Active Life’ with a key focus on reducing the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in an effort to ensure accelerated growth in people’s healthy life expectancy. As part of the national project, federal projects are being implemented to combat socially significant cardiovascular and oncological diseases, diabetes, and Hepatitis C. Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases account for the bulk of deaths from non-communicable diseases due to their high prevalence. Considering the significant contribution of these diseases to the overall mortality level, their negative impact on the healthy life expectancy of the working-age population, and related GDP losses, adopting additional measures to prevent, diagnose, organize medical care, and improve drug supplies would be an important step towards improving the health of the nation and ensuring its sustainable development. How will the goal of ensuring the active longevity of Russian citizens be accomplished as part of the new national project? What measures need to be introduced into practical healthcare in order to realize the potential of new federal projects and extend the working capacity of patients with the most common chronic non-communicable diseases? What progressive therapeutic solutions are changing the paradigm of care for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases? What solutions could sway the system of medical care for such patients towards prevention and the early detection of diseases in order to significantly reduce the burden of severe disabling diseases and achieve accelerated growth in the number of people leading a healthy lifestyle?