Pulmonology service and science in Uzbekistan

Abstract

Forty-year history of Department of Pulmonology and Clinical Allergology, Tashkent Institute of Postgraduate Physician Training, Healthcare Ministry of the Uzbekistan Republic, and a history of development of pulmonology service at the Uzbekistan Republic are described in this article. The Department of Pulmonology and Clinical Allergology was established by Academician Abdulla M. Ubaydullaev in 1978. Long-term research has determined a high morbidity of respiratory diseases not in cotton growers, but also in other agriculture workers. The results of the research underlied a system of preventive measures and treatment of respiratory diseases in this population.