Hygienic and epidemic care in the Slovak Republic Army (ASR) is an inseparable part of health care. Its aim to protect and build up health of the ASR soldiers. The main tasks to reach that goal is formation and protection of healthy living and working conditions, including prevention of the onset and spread of communicable diseases. Activities and job description of the military hygienic-epidemic service issue from the Act Nr. 272/1994 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, of the Statue Book, concerning health care and the related civilian legislation. Aim of the work of the military hygienic-epidemic service is to monitor occurrence of mass negative phenomena of infectious and non-infectious character in the health status of the army population, their analysis, identification of causes, and an effort of their positive interference to contribute to intensify readiness for action and combat readiness of the troops....

Keywords: Hygiene; epidemiology