INSA is the Health Institute of Portugal. It is a Laboratory of the State in the Health sector and a national Health Observatory.
INSA has the task of contributing to gains in public health, through:
research and technological development,
epidemiological investigation and health services,
assurance of the external evaluation quality laboratory,
dissemination of scientific culture,
capacity building and training.
The Department of Epidemiology develops its activity in the areas of epidemiological records, databases, bio-statistics, epidemiology, clinical epidemiology and research in health services.
The Department of Epidemiology has the mandate to:
collect knowledge needs in the fields of health observation, epidemiological surveillance and epidemiological research;
develop, manage and maintain instruments of health observation;
develop, manage and maintain systems for epidemiological surveillance;
produce indicators of health relating to health status and disease of the population;
conduct epidemiological research;
disseminate the results to the scientific and technical communities as well as other relevant stakeholders;
provide training, directly or in collaboration, through the host of interns and fellows, and participation in courses.
