Kazan hosted a scientific-practical conference on the issues of pulmology. The chief pulmonologist of Ural Federal region, Professor G. L. Ignatova presented the modern issues of vaccination; the chief immunologist-allergist of VFR, Professor R. S. Fassakhov outlined the problem of severe asthma. The combination of asthma and COPD was the theme of the report of Professor N. M. Nenasheva (Moscow, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education).