Military Sanitary Anti-Epidemic Squad

The Military Sanitary Anti-Epidemic Detachment (VSPEO) is a specialized unit of the military medical service of the USSR Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War.

VSPEO was created to combat epidemics in the active army and in the territory liberated from the enemy. They carried out sanitary, hygienic and anti-epidemic measures aimed at preventing the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases among active army personnel and the local population.

The tasks of VSPEO included: ensuring sanitary and epidemiological supervision, organizing and carrying out anti-epidemic and sanitary and hygienic measures, treating infectious patients, disinfection, disinfestation and deratization at military and civilian facilities.

The first VSPEO were formed in 1942. They played an important role in preventing epidemics and maintaining the health of the army and population during the war. These units showed their high efficiency and relevance in the emergency epidemiological conditions of wartime.

Military medical units are special units of the medical troops of the Russian Armed Forces, which are responsible for providing medical care and caring for the wounded and sick in wartime and during emergencies. They were created at the beginning of the First World War and played an important role in the fight against infectious diseases and the spread of epidemic diseases. In addition, they perform medical support functions during rescue operations under conditions of severe psychological stress among rescuers and victims.

Military medical units arose when it became clear that the First World War would not end peacefully. Irresponsible groups of people have endangered the health of the world's population by spreading the bacilli of tuberculosis, plague and cholera. Government services and public organizations often remained indifferent. Suddenly everyone realized that the life of the country was at stake,