[THE VACCINAL PREVENTION AS A MEASURE PROTECTING HEALTH AND LIFE OF SAILORS].

One of basic tasks of maritime medicine is formation of system of protection of health and life of sailors. Currently, even greater importance is attached to measures minimizing high risk of morbidity, severe clinical course and mortality from infectious diseases through vaccination. The article discovers key requirements to pre-voyage medical examination of crew members. The list of mandatory vaccinations required to obtain the International Vaccination Certificate for work on international ships is established. The geographic regions with high risk to fell ill with malaria during voyage are established. The recommendational measures preventing contamination with infection are presented.