• Works to protect and promote health and welfare in Finland

• Knowledge for health and welfare
• Covers a broad range of health and welfare issues
• Synergy between research and implementation of work
• Works closely with the Ministry as an independent and recognised authority
• Main office in Helsinki
• Regional units in six other cities: Turku, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Oulu and Vaasa
• Total staff about 1400

Division of Health Protection

• Fields of activity: public health protection, with particular focus on prevention and control of biological and health threats, infectious diseases and environmental health.

• Departments:
  Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control
  Vaccination and Immune Protection
  Environmental Health
  

Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory