Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Folkehelseinstituttet
Agency overview
Formed	1929[1]
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Employees	1400 (2016)[2]
Annual budget	NOK 1500 million (2014)[3]
Agency executive	Camilla Stoltenberg[4], Director-General
Parent agency	Ministry of Health and Care Services
Website	www.fhi.no

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) (Norwegian: Folkehelseinstituttet; FHI) is a Norwegian government agency and research institute, and is Norway's national public health institute. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Health and Care Services. NIPH acts as a national competence institution in public health in a broad sense for governmental authorities, the health service, the judiciary, prosecuting authorities, politicians, the media and the general public, international organisations and foreign governments. The institute has around 1400 employees.^{[citation needed]}

The institute's main activities are health surveillance, research and prevention. The institute consists of research divisions for infection control and environmental health, mental and physical health, health data and digitalisation, and the Knowledge Centre for Public Health. From 2019 the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies also becomes part of NIPH. The institute has an extensive cooperation with the World Health Organization. Camilla Stoltenberg has served as director-general of the institute since 2012.^{[citation needed]}