On January 27-28, 2022 Department of Public Health and Department of Physical Therapy, Ergotherapy and Sports Medicine, Sumy State University, in cooperation with the Polish Aluna Publishing House, are holding an international on-line conference on balneology and physical medicine «CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT». Representatives of different universities of Ukraine and Poland will take part in the conference. Conference materials (articles and theses) will be published in Acta Balneologica, Warsaw, Poland; (Web of Science (ESCI), MNiSW, Index Copernicus).