Public Health Agency of Sweden

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Public Health Agency of Sweden
Folkhälsomyndigheten
Director-General
Parent agencyMinistry of Health and Social Affairs
Key documents
  • Regleringsbrev[1]
  • Instruktion[2]
Websitefolkhalsomyndigheten.se

The Public Health Agency of Sweden (

IANPHI.[1][2][4]

History

The agency was established in 2014 by a merger of the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (Folkhälsoinstitutet) and the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet). It took on most of the responsibilities for environmental health and for environment and public health reports previously assigned to the

National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen).[5]

Organisation

The agency has about 450 employees and is based in Solna. It is led by Director-General Johan Carlson, and organized into five departments: Epidemiology and Evaluation, Knowledge support, Microbiology, Communications and Administration.[5][6][7]

High-containment laboratory

The Public Health Agency of Sweden runs the only biosafety level 4 laboratory in the Nordic region — one of only six in Europe. The laboratory is located at the headquarters in Solna, and has been in operation since 2001. It is built of wholly encased steel, totally isolated from the rest of the premises. The entire building is kept at negative air pressure, to prevent any contagion spreading outdoors, and laboratory access is limited to approximately 20 employees, pre-screened by the Swedish Security Service. Patients with highly infectious diseases are usually treated at high-containment medical facilities in Linköping University Hospital or at Karolinska University Hospital.[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Regleringsbrev". ESV. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Förordning (2013:1020) med instruktion för Folkhälsomyndigheten". The Swedish Government. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Sms-information om nya nationella allmänna råd" (in Swedish). Public Health Agency of Sweden. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Internationellt" (in Swedish). Public Health Agency of Sweden. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Om Folkhälsomyndigheten". Public Health Agency of Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Generaldirektör och stödfunktioner". Public Health Agency of Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Avdelningar och enheter". Public Health Agency of Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Superlabbet kan diagnostisera ebola" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Beredda på viruskatastrofer" (in Swedish). LabTech Magazine. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  10. ^ "På rundtur i världens säkraste labb" (in Swedish). Life Science Sweden. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

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