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The health services required by the older Slavic population were determined by age-related disease patterns different from those prevalent among younger Asian populations: chronic disabling diseases such as heart disorders and cancer required primary preventive services and specialized tertiary preventive services, as well as custodial long term care. The younger republics required maternal-child services and sanitation, vitamins and nutritional supplements, immunization and infectious-parasitic disease control, as well as adequate environmental protection from toxic pollutants and unpotable water.