Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic-Russian Health Program Planning mtg, 20 March 2017, St. Petersburg

1. Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt
Prof. Andrej Grjibovski, MD, MPhil, Dr.Med
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia
International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkestan, Kazakhstan

2. Goal for public health work in Norway
• Longer lives
Norway aims to be among the top
three countries in the world with
longest life expectancy
• Healthier lives
The population shall experience
more years with good health and
wellbeing
• Equal health opportunities
We will create a society that
promotes health in the whole
population, and reduces social
health differences

3. The Government demands:
• That mental health will
become just as important as
physical health in public
health work
• That initiatives to promote
lifestyle changes shall have a
friendlier approach
• Develop a new and modern
politics for elderly health that
draws attention to the
importance of active ageing
Goal for public health work in Norway

4. NIPH - one of three
Ministry of
Health and
Care Services
Norwegian
Directorate
of Health
Norwegian
Institute of
Public Health
Norwegian
Board of
Health
Supervision
Policy Knowledge Supervision
Knowledge production within the entire «health
system» – public health and health and care services

5. Founded in 1929 to combat epidemics and infectious
diseases.

6. 1929
https://www.fhi.no/en/about/about-niph/this-is-the-norwegian-institute-of-public-health/history-of-the-norwegian-institute-/

7. Key figures
• Approx. 950 employees
• Total annual budget of 1,5 billion NOK
• This includes
– Purchase, storage and distribution of vaccines in
the Childhood Immunisation Program and for
emergency preparedness
– External research grants obtained via national and
international competition

8. Offices in Oslo and
Bergen
Total distance 2634 km
(Oslo - Rome)

9. Organisation 2016
Directorandstaff
Communication Mental and physical health
(Incl. Library services)
Infection control and environmental health
Global health
Health data and digitalisation
Knowledge Centre in NIPH
Institutestaffandadministration
Secretariat for the Scientific Committee for Food Safety

10. NIPH core tasks
Preparedness
Assessments
and advice
Research and
health analysis
Services
and
infrastructure
Communication

11. Core tasks and areas of expertise

12. Research and health analysis
Our goals:
• Undertake research and health analysis of
high quality which is internationally
competitive and which has a strategic
purpose for the social missions and goals of
the Institute.
• Produce and summarise useful research-
based knowledge

13. Research across disciplines
Experimental research Epidemiology
Biological
mechanisms
Exposure (dose)
Etiology Associations
Cells Animals Biomarkers Humans Society
High quality research, internationally competitive and strategically
relevant for the institute’s social responsibility and goals
~500 scientific publications/year

14. Health analyses
Burden of disease – Environmental toxicants – Infectious and non infectious
diseases – Mental health in the population – Injuries and accidents - Medicine
use – Drug abuse – Public health profiles
• Monitor and analyse the health of the population
and factors affecting it
• The analyses shall be specifically tailored to our
end-users.
• High quality, research-based, up-to-date and
competitive.

15. Assessments and advice
• Clear and timely evidence-based advice on public
health and matters that can affect the health status
of the population's health.
• Open about our scientific evidence, uncertainties,
risk and evaluations.
Based on research, health analysis, knowledge summaries and risk analyses
Advice to government, health institutions, population, counties
Examples:
Vaccines, infectious disease control, air pollution, environmental risk factors..

16. Cooperation with Russia
• Geography (N-W Russia + Moscow)
• Professional areas
• Main donors
• Epi-North project & journal
• ISPHA
• CVD (Arkhangelsk + Novosibirsk)
• Arkhangelsk Regional Birth Registry
• First Russian Safe Community in Shenkursk
• Cooperation on TBE with Pasteur Institute
• Biomonitoring in Karelia

17. TAKK FOR OPPMERKSOMHET
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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