The Carlos III Health Institute ( es, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, links=no; ISCIII) is a Spanish public health research institute, legally constituted as a public research agency (), a type of quasi-autonomous entity under Spanish law. The ISCIII is integrated in the

Department of Science and Innovation The Department of Science and Innovation (DST; formerly the Department of Science and Technology) is the South African government department responsible for scientific research, including space programmes. The current Minister is Blade Nzimande. ...

, although it also reports to the

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...

in the institute's activities relating

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

healthcare Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

and its planning. The institute is named after King

Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

. It was founded in 1986 to promote research in

biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

and health sciences and to develop and provide scientific and technical guidance for the

Spanish National Health System The Spanish National Health System ( es, Sistema Nacional de Salud, SNS) is the agglomeration of public healthcare services that has existed in Spain since it was established through and structured by the ''Ley General de Sanidad'' (the "Health G ...

and the benefit of society in general. It has two campuses in the

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munici ...

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External links

Official website
Medical research institutes in Spain Medical and health organisations based in Spain Research institutes established in 1986 National public health agencies {{med-org-stub