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Czech Republic

National Institute of Public Health

The National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), founded 80 years ago, is a health care establishment for basic preventative disciplines - hygiene, epidemiology, microbiology and occupational medicine. Its main tasks are health promotion and protection, disease prevention and the follow-up of environmental impacts on the health of the population. In the field of health promotion and disease prevention, NIPH concentrates on the most important health problems - epidemiological surveillance of severe infections (AIDS, hepatitis, newly emergingand re-emerging infections), and promotion of a healthy lifestyle (prevention of cardiovascular diseases and tumours, healthy nutrition, drug abuse prevention). NIPH comprises six centres. The Centre of Occupational Health hosts the National Contact Office for the ENWHP, working with the Ministry of Health, workers and employers organisations.

Main activities include:

• Occupational health protection management and consultation - valuating risks and suggesting preventive measures
• Improving understanding of the links between work, illness and health
• The effect on humans of chemicals used at work
• Training
• Coordination and creation of WHP activities.

National Institute of Public Health
Centre of Occupational Health
Dr. Ludmila Kozená
Srobarova 48
100 42 Prague 10
Czech Republic

Phone: +420 267 082 731
E-mail: l.kozena@szu.cz
http://www.szu.cz