Servicio de Epidemiología, Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra (ISPN)

Public Health Institute of Navarre,Spain (ISPN)This is regional institute depending on the Health Department of the Navarre Government.It has the aim of public health protection for all the population in the region. It has the following areas: public health laboratory,alimentary security,environmental health protection,Chronic diseases epidemiology,Infectious diseases control and immunization,population-based programmes for cancer screening and health promotionThe area of infectious diseases and immunization develops the following activities: Regional immunization programmes.Active epidemiological and microbiological surveillance.The ISPN has research lines in public health of chronic diseases (Cancer Register Network,EPIC,InterAct,Epic-Heart,etc.) and vaccine preventable diseases (I-MOVE,Rotavirus network,varicella,IPD,etc.). The ISPN participate in the CIBERESP (Spanish Network of Research in Epidemiology and Public Health).