The paper considers the problematic issues of the geographical information systems (GIS) use in the sociohygienic
monitoring (SHM). We analyzed scientific and practical publications on this subject that are freely
available on the largest Russian information portal of scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.RU during 2014-
2018, which allowed us to formulate the principles of organization and requirements for effective operation of
geographic and information systems in the socio-hygienic monitoring. An analysis of the implementation of
these principles at the present stage of development for the socio-hygienic monitoring system is presented, the
results of which were used in formulating priority tasks in the area of geographic and information technology
implementation into socio-hygienic monitoring and risk-based planning of control and supervisory measures:
to determine the necessary level of detail and an information list depicted on electronic maps for the
implementation of risk-based control planning; to provide organizational and regulatory and methodological
support for the hierarchical principle of GIS within Rospotrebnadzor operating on a single software product of
domestic developers for organizations and institutions; to work out the need to combine GIS with similar
systems of other departments involved in the data collection of social and hygienic monitoring (Rosstat,
Roshydromet, Rosprirodnadzor, Ministry of Health, etc.) to enable automated data export and import; to solve
staffing issues to ensure customization and subsequent GIS operation; to provide budget funding for the
purchase of licensed software products for GIS in SHM, preferably of Russian developers.
