On March 1, 2024, the opening of the exhibition “History of Vaccination” took place at Vitebsk State Medical University.

Participating in the opening were the WHO representative in the Republic of Belarus Sergei Diorditsa, the Deputy Head of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Lyudmila Kovaleva, the Chief Physician of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Vladimir Sinkevich, the Infectious Diseases Program Coordinator Oleg Dubovik, the Public Health Program Coordinator Valentin Rusovich, the VSMU administration, staff and students.

The exhibition shows the history of immunization from experiments and risky attempts to the global distribution of vaccines.

During the event, it was noted that vaccine prevention, in terms of its effectiveness in maintaining health, is the most significant achievement of medicine in the entire history of its development, and the priority of preventive measures is one of the main principles of the state policy of the Republic of Belarus in the field of health care.