FREQUENCY OF INFECTIOUS AND NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE WAR IN UKRAINE BASED ON SOME PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE UNITS' DATA IN THE CHERNIVTSI REGION

Aim – to investigate the impact of the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 on the frequency of infectious (COVID-19, tuberculosis) and non-infectious diseases (hypertension (AH), diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity, thyroid pathology, chronic kidney disease (CKD)) according to data from primary health care units in Chernivtsi region..Material and methods. The statistical reports of Communal Non-commercial Enterprises (CNEs) "Kitsman Center of Primary Medical Care" of the Kitsman District Council and "City Polyclinic No. 1" of the Chernivtsi City Council for the years 2019-2023 with the number of observed population subject to medical care - 36,508 and 58,500, respectively, were analyzed.Results. During the COVID-19 pandemic (2021-2022), a surge in the incidence of tuberculosis was observed in separate communities, with an almost 7% increase per 100,000 residents in the Chernivtsi region as a whole (in 2022-2023), caused, in our opinion, by the war and an increased population migration. During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the russian federation on the territory of Ukraine, a strict trend in the incidence of DM increase (mainly non-insulin-dependent) was established. The frequency of obesity in women increased as well by 17.5%, while in men, on the contrary, it decreased – by 17.42%. The frequency of diffuse goiter in the structure of thyroid diseases decreased by 3%, with a slight elevation in autoimmune thyroiditis.Conclusion. An obvious dependence of changes in the incidence of CKD and hypertension in linkage with the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine was not established in the analyzed communities.