The study is devoted to the problem of the suppression of venereal diseases in Slovakia and the implementation of action PN. This anti-venereal action was implemented at the beginning of the 1950s in an attempt to stop the spread of venereal diseases in Czechoslovakia. The first stage was directed towards investigation of pregnant women to prevent congenital syphilis. The second stage involved mass screening of the population for syphilis in the selected age group. Almost 4.5 million people were screened in Czechoslovakia during action PN, and almost 18 thousand positive cases were found. The number of inspected people in Slovakia was lower than originally expected. The infected people had to receive obligatory treatment.
The preparation for the performance of the typically female profession of midwives have passed since inheriting from the monarchy to the reform of the health care system in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s with major changes. It was a process of gradual professionalization of professional training, as well as the practice of midwives itself, which at the end of the monitored period was concentrated almost exclusively in hospitals. The changing requirements for the work of midwives were determined by the development of medicine, but also by social changes, which were reflected in the demands of this profession. The paper is focused on the characterization of content and institutional changes in the training of midwives in Slovakia, the conditions of their work and the development of the institutional framework for the exercise of this profession.
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