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List of national public health agencies

Index List of national public health agencies

This list of national public health agencies includes national level organizations responsible for public health, infectious disease control, and epidemiology. [1]

32 relations: Carlos III Health Institute, Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centre for Health Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, Eurosurveillance, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, Health Protection Scotland, Health Threat Unit, Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, Infection, Institut de veille sanitaire, International Association of National Public Health Institutes, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, National Centre for Disease Control, National public health institutes, National Sanitary Surveillance Agency, NHS Health Scotland, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Public health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Public Health England, Public Health Wales, Robert Koch Institute, U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project, World Health Organization.

Carlos III Health Institute

The Carlos III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III; ISCIII) is a Spanish public health research institute.

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Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan)

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is the agency of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Taiwan that combats the threat of communicable diseases.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.

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Centre for Health Protection

The Centre for Health Protection is an agency under the Department of Health in Hong Kong and responsible for health and safety.

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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) is an agency of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China based in Beijing, China.

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Epidemic Intelligence Service

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where) and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is an independent agency of the European Union (EU) whose mission is to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases.

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European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training

The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Fellowship provides training and practical experience in intervention epidemiology at the national centres for surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Union.

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Eurosurveillance

Eurosurveillance is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering epidemiology, with a focus on such topics that are of particular relevance to Europe.

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Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSC) is the designation of the publicly funded service which provides public health and other social care services in Northern Ireland.

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Health Protection Scotland

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) is the organisation that co-ordinates health protection in Scotland.

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Health Threat Unit

The Health Threat Unit of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (European Commission), is responsible for terrorism surveillance and early warning of biological, chemical, and radiological threats within the European Union.

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Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention

HCDCP is an acronym and stands for "Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention".

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Institut de veille sanitaire

The Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS; English: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, literally "Institute of Health Surveillance") is a French public establishment of the Health minister.

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International Association of National Public Health Institutes

The International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) is a member organization of government agencies working to improve national disease prevention and response.

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Istituto Superiore di Sanità

The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health), also ISS, is an Italian public institution that, as the leading technical-scientific body of the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), performs research, trials, control, counseling, documentation and training for public health.

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury, the leading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44.

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National Centre for Disease Control

National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) (previously known as National Institute of Communicable Diseases) is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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National public health institutes

National public health institutes (NPHIs) are science-based governmental organizations that serve as a focal point for a country's public health efforts, as well as a critical component of global disease prevention and response systems.

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National Sanitary Surveillance Agency

Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (in Portuguese, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) is a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, created in 1999 during President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's term of office.

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NHS Health Scotland

NHS Health Scotland is the national health education and promotion agency.

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Norwegian Institute of Public Health

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) (Norwegian: Folkehelseinstituttet; FHI) is a Norwegian government agency and Norway's national public health institute.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Public Health Agency of Canada

The Public Health Agency of Canada (French: Agence de la santé publique du Canada) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness, and response and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.

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Public Health Agency of Sweden

The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) is a Swedish government agency with national responsibility for public health.

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Public Health England

Public Health England (PHE) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom that began operating on 1 April 2013.

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Public Health Wales

Public Health Wales was established as an NHS trust on 1 October 2009.

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Robert Koch Institute

The Robert Koch Institute (abbreviated RKI) is a German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention.

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U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project

The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project (BIDS) was a bilateral project undertaken by the Centers For Disease Control in cooperation with the Mexican government (specifically the Mexican Secretariat of Health) to promote bi-national border surveillance relating to the spread of harmful diseases between the two nations as well as to establish regional protocol.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_public_health_agencies

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