National Public Health Institutes: Stories
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Stories
Colombia’s National Institute of Health Celebrates 100 Years, Opens Public Health Emergency Operations Center
In January 2017, Colombia’s Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), or National Institute of Health, celebrated 100 years of providing critical public health services in the country. On January 26, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos…
Posted May 16, 2017
NPHI Investments Helped Colombia Prepare for Zika
Preparing a country’s public health system to respond to an emergency means getting the right structure and people in place to take action against imminent health threats. This is the ongoing work of Colombia’s national public health institute…
Posted December 12, 2016
Ethiopia: Bringing Laboratory Safety Home
As we learned from HIV, Ebola, and other scary microbes, testing a patient’s bodily fluids can be dangerous – even deadly. For laboratory workers who handle these fluids every day, the risk is real and immediate.
Posted May 16, 2016
Colombia: Balancing Risk and Reality to Protect Health
In the months between October 2014 and March 2015, Colombia went from no reported Zika cases to 25,000. Among these were nearly 3,000 pregnant women who had recovered from Zika, but who didn’t know whether their unborn children would be affected.
Posted May 11, 2016
Snapshots: NPHI Country Updates
Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention in Rwanda: Using a ‘Train the Trainer’ Model to Build National and Local Capacity
The NPHI Program continues to support the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Division in Rwanda’s Institute for HIV, Disease Prevention and Control (IHDPC) at the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC).
Posted July 12, 2017
CDC and Bloomberg Philanthropies Help Ghana Improve Public Health Communication
As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health initiative, CDC is working with Ghana to improve its health communication, as well as develop a long-term guide for program and policy decision-making using scientific data.
Posted January 13, 2017
Cambodia: Stakeholders Support NIPH Strategic Plan
Cambodia’s National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) recently took an important step—asking stakeholders for their input on the organization’s strategy.
Posted November 4, 2016
Namibia Envisions a Robust National Public Health Institute
CDC is supporting Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) to create a national public health institute (NPHI) able to combat the country’s high rate of HIV/AIDS, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCD)…
Posted November 4, 2016
Supporting Sierra Leone’s Public Health Agency
When the Ebola outbreak devastated Sierra Leone from 2014 to 2015, the country saw that it needed to establish a public health institute—CDC has been helping this effort to better protect the public health of Sierra Leoneans.
Posted November 4, 2016
Togo’s Institut National d’Hygiène Puts the Staged Development Tool to Use
In September 2016, CDC and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) piloted an assessment tool to find and improve weaknesses in Togo’s Institut National d’Hygiène (INH).
Posted November 4, 2016
Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI): Setting Strategic Direction
CDC met with the Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI) during April 2016 to discuss strategic plans for the institute.
Posted September 19, 2016
Strengthening Health Systems: Cambodia National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
On a recent trip to Cambodia, CDC, the Ministry of Health and partners identified activities to support and build a strong Cambodian NIPH.
Posted September 19, 2016
Strengthening National Health in Colombia
Colombia is enahncing their public health system to deal with health threats like Zika through their Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS).
Posted October 7, 2016
Creating a National Surveillance System in Mozambique
CDC and IANPHI are working with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) to help improve data collection and analysis.
Posted October 7, 2016
Laying the Foundation for the Myanmar CDC
To promote global health, CDC is working closely with the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) to establish the Myanmar CDC.
Posted October 7, 2016
Inaugural Visit to Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services
CDC visited Namibia in April 2016 as the country works to build a strong National Public Health Institute (NPHI).
Posted September 19, 2016
Action Planning in Rwanda
CDC and IANPHI are working on an action plan with Rwanda’s Institute of HIV/AIDS Disease Prevention and Control.
Posted October 7, 2016
Zambia: Learning from Cholera Outbreak to Build a Stronger Public Health Institute
The new Zambia National Public Health Institute’s response to a recent cholera outbreak gave ZNPHI the opportunity to identify strengths and set priorities.
Posted October 7, 2016
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