Norwegian Institute of Public Health

niphDirectly under Ministry of Health and Care Services

Annual Budget: 65-70 mill €
(10% external funding)
Number of Employees: 900

 

Aims of NIPH

Prevention of disease through:

  • Health surveillance
  • Research
  • Advice and various services

 

 

niph_aims5 Divisions:

Infectious disease control

  • Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases
  • Environmental medicine
  • Mental health
  • Forensic toxicology and drug abuse research

Division of Infectious Disease Control 

Departments of

  • Bacteriology and Immunology
  • Foodborne Infections
  • Virology
  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Vaccines
  • Biopharmaceutical production
  • Pest control
  • Department of Bacteriology and Immunology
  • National Reference Laboratories: meningococci, group A streptococci, pneumococci, mycobacteria, H.influenzae, B.pertussis, legionella, diphteria, brucella, anthrax
    • Microbiological surveillance
    • Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of strains
    • Antibiotic resistance
    • Immunity to infections
  • WHO reference laboratory for meningococci
  • National Laboratory for Microbiological preparedness
  • Research
    • comprehensive national and international cooperation
 

NIPH International collaboration

  • All divisions engage in international research and collaborate with colleagues across the globe
  • NIPH are involved in appx. 200 projects with international partners
  • 29 projects, small and large, have partners in low- and middle income countries.
  • 22 research and surveillance activities with EU funding

    •  

     

      Concerning TB:

    • Serological rapid test for diagnosing TB (TB RAPID)
    • Molecular epidemiology
    • (TB ADAPT and other projects)
    • Cellular immunity
    • Drug resistant tuberculosis
    • (TB PAN-NET)

     

    In TB PAN-NET: BACTEC MIGIT 960 method for testing MDR M.tuberculosis strain panels against 2nd line drugs. (WP3).

     

    niph_test

    niph_team

     

     

    NIPH
    Turid Mannsåker, MD
    Head, Senior medical officer
    Dept. for Bacteriology and Immunology National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria Norwegian Institute of Public Health Lovisenberggata, 8 0403 Oslo
    Norway
    Website:
    http://www.fhi.no/eway/?pid=238

    ©  TB-PAN-NET