National Institute of Public Health, Regional Center of Public Health Iasi

Regional Center of Public health Iasi has as main mission the professional and coordination at regional level of the National Institute of Public health.

The Regional Center of Public Health Iasi has in its structure 3 Departments:

• Department of communicable diseases epidemiology,
• Department of health in relation with environment (or environment health),
• Department of health evaluation and promotion;

The main attributions of Regional Center of Public Health:

   a) ensure professional execution at regional level of the Institute activity within specific domains;

   b) perform expertise, offers technical assistance and perform public health services when they are required by physical or institutional bodies;

   c) they are subordinated to the directors of  national centers of the Institute, according to specialized field of departments which are within the structure of the Regional Center;

   d) intervenes in the terrain through its specialized structures;

Department of communicable diseases epidemiology attributions:

a) coordinate communicable diseases supervision stipulated in operative legal settlements through collecting, validation, analysis, interpretation and reporting epidemiological data on regional level;

b) implement of national methodologies of supervision and control of communicable diseases on regional level and reporting to CNSCBT (National Center for Surveillance and control of communicable diseases);

c) evaluate of communicable diseases trends, on regional level;

d) administrate of data base from regional register of communicable diseases;

e)coordinate control activities of communicable disease focuses and of epidemics, in epidemiological situations of regional importance;

f) assure transmission of information from data analysis, collected from districts level to these data suppliers;

g) assure methodological coordination of precocious and quick response alert system on regional level;

h) organize instructions for personnel from District Public Health Authorities in the domain of communicable disease supervision and of precocious alert, on regional level, and participate to instructions of national importance;

i) propose and realize studies of sero-prevalence, both with CNSCBT (National Center for surveillance and control of communicable diseases);

j) monitor cases of communicable diseases of regional importance, measures taken and propose specific actions;

k) nominated experts participate to the evaluation of files of biocide products deposited to Technical Secretariat for biocide products;

m) elaborate microbiological and serological tests in concordance with methodologies of supervision and at the solicitation of District Public Health Authorities;

n) participate to the investigation of focuses of communicable disease on regional level;

Departments of Health in relation with environment attributions:

a) participate to identification of priorities of health related with environment monitoring;

b) participate to elaboration of methodology of monitoring and supervision of health related with environment;

c) participate to elaboration of strategies regarding illness prevention related with environment;

d) supervision and control of diseases associated with environment determinants;

e) participate to the program of studies and researches for health related with environment evaluation;

f) elaborate studies and papers of impact on population health status related with environment evaluation;

 g) participate to achievement of Annual Report regarding population health status related with environment factors;

h) survey and disseminate results and knowledge regarding health determinants and propose recommendations for specific interventions;

i) participate to elaboration of project of normative acts;

j) organize and offer continuous educational programs;

k) propose and achieve inquests and specific studies for the achievement of survey mission and evaluation of population health status;

l) participate to international programs and establish partnerships with institutions with similar preoccupation from other countries with a view to perform studies and comparative researches and experience and information exchange;

m) apply specific settlements stipulated in other normative acts feasible to the domain;

n) perform examinations, offer technique assistance and achieve services of public health on the solicitation of physic or juridical persons;

o) participate to quick response system for the chemical and radiological domains;

p) participate to the achievement of data base regarding professional diseases on national level;

q) participate to the evaluation of industrial toxicological laboratories and contribute at the achievement of approved laboratories register.

Departments of Health Evaluation and Promotion attributions

a) coordinate technically and methodologically regional activity in the domain;

b) participate to the identification of priorities of evaluation and promotion of population and specific groups health;

c) participate to the elaboration of monitoring and survey methodology for the population and specific groups health;

d) participate to the elaboration of strategies regarding diseases prevention, survey and control of diseases associated with health determinants;

e) participate to the researches and studies program for the health evaluation and promotion;

f) participate to the achievement of Annual Report regarding population health status;

g) survey and disseminate results and knowledge regarding health determinants and propose recommendations for specific interventions;

h) participate to the elaboration of projects of normative acts;

i) organize and offer programs of continuous education;

j) propose and achieve inquests and specific studies for the achievement of survey mission and evaluation of population health status;

k) participate to international programs and establish partnerships with institutions with similar preoccupation from other countries with a view to perform studies and comparative researches and experience and information exchange;

l) apply specific settlements stipulated in other normative acts feasible to the domain;

m) perform examinations, offer technique assistance and achieve services of public health on the solicitation of physic or juridical persons;

n) participate to the elaboration of methodological guides in the competence domains;

o) offer scientific support in elaboration of institution management plan and in the strategic direction of development;

p) evaluate children and young health status and propose specific actions in the domain.