Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
: ''Folkehelseinstituttet''; FHI) is a Norwegian
government agency
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and
research institute
A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...
, and is Norway's national
public health institute
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
. It is subordinate to the
Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...
. NIPH acts as a national competence institution in
public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...
in a broad sense for governmental authorities, the health service, the judiciary, prosecuting authorities, politicians, the media and the general public, international organisations and foreign governments. The institute has around 1400 employees.
The institute's main activities are
health surveillance Health surveillance may refer to:
* Public health surveillance
* Workplace health surveillance
Health economics
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Registries
NIPH is responsible for the following health-related registers:
*Medical Birth Registry of Norway
*Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS)
*National Immunisation Registry (SYSVAK)
*Norwegian Cause of Death Register
*Norwegian Surveillance System for Infections in Hospitals (NOIS)
*Register for Induced Abortion
*Norwegian Prescription Database
*Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry
*The Tuberculosis Registry
*Norwegian Surveillance System for Resistance Against Antibiotics in Microbes (NORM)
*Biobank Registry
*National Register of Adverse Effects from Cosmetic Products
*Food Allergy Register
*Waterworks Registry
Cooperation with the World Health Organization
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has an extensive cooperation with the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
within health surveillance, research, regulations concerning international public health and participation in committees. The institute hosts two WHO collaborating centres, several laboratories affiliated with the WHO and is responsible for Norway's participation in
International Health Regulations
The International Health Regulations (IHR), first adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1969 and last revised in 2005, are a legally binding rules that only apply to the WHO that is an instrument that aims for international collaboration "to pre ...
processes. It also contributes expertise and personnel to WHO, and many of the institute's staff members serve on WHO committees.Folkehelseinstituttets samarbeid med WHO /ref>
Public Health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...