{"id":472,"date":"2016-03-19T10:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T10:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chistaging.wordpress.com\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2021-08-22T11:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T11:14:56","slug":"russia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childhealthinternational.org\/staging\/russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are currently 3200 registered cases of cystic fibrosis in Russia, compared to approximately 10,600 in the UK. This translates to a density of 1 case per 23 km2 <\/sup>in the UK compared to almost 1 in 5000 km2<\/sup>in Russia. This geographic sparsity creates significant challenges to the adequate provision of multidisciplinary care, especially in more rural regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently only 40 regional CF centres<\/a> outwith Moscow and St Petersburg, covering an area of almost 70 times the size of the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst cystic fibrosis care in Moscow and St Petersburg is generally of a good standard, the geographic sparsity of specialist centres creates significant challenges to the adequate provision of multidisciplinary care across rural regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Life expectancy for a child born with cysitic fibrosis in Russia doubled during the first three years of Child Health International’s involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Key issues identified include the following:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n