National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology
Science and Technique unit of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba

Dr. Patricia Varona Prez
patriciav@inhem.sld.cu
participant at the Geneva Postgraduate Course in Research Methodology and Chronic Disease 2004

The National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology is a Science and Technique unit of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba.
Its function is to direct, to execute and to control the Plan of Science and Technological Innovation, as well as to guarantee the support of Scientific Information in the area of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, with an orientation toward the Primary Health Care. It’s devoted to the Scientific Investigation, the Education and the Scientist-Technical Services related with the Environmental Health, The School Health and the Epidemiology of Non Communicable Diseases. It has the National Centre of Reference of Information in Hygiene and Epidemiology.
The National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Is a Collaborating Centre of WHO in Housing area.

It is organized in four Vice directions:

• Vice direction of Environmental Health

• Vice direction of Epidemiology and Public health

• Vice direction of Training

• Research Administrative Vice direction

Its mean lines of investigation are:

• Epidemiology of Non Communicable Diseases

• Services and System of Health

• Quality of life

• Environmental Health

• Surveillance’s systems

• School Health

• Environmental Microbiology

• Environmental Toxicology

• Environmental Physical factors

• Environmental Chemistry

• Capacity development for the teaching of Hygiene and Epidemiology

• Sanitary registry of toys

The Institute offers the following courses:

Present:

• Master in Environmental Health

• Graduate in Epidemiology

• Graduate in School Health

• Shorts courses in Public Health, Environmental Health, School Health, and Non Communicable Diseases

Distance learning:

• Graduate in Environmental Health

• Graduate in School Health

• Architecture Bioclimatic and Sustainable Construction

• Impact evaluation in Environmental Health

International Collaboration:

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, U.S.A., Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Belgium.

Useful links

• Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología

• Medical schools, governments, ministries, medical associations : Cuba

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