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Since the beginning, health research activities were
undertaken by the Council of Medical Sciences (CMS) which was established
in December of 1989 by the Prime Minister Council and started its
activities two years later after the nomination of its executive board.
According to the demand of concretizing of tasks, the
National Institute of Public Health (NIOPH) was established in 1999 by
the Prime Minister Degree No 20/PMO as a national focal point for health
research and training activities in Lao PDR by merging of health research
activities of the Council of Medical Sciences (CMS) and training
activities of the School of Public Health (SPH).
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has been assigned to be responsible for the fifth main work plan of the
MOH “Health Research and Training Management”. Thus, the
NIOPH is suppose to be a macro technical body of the Ministry of Health,
which is a national focal point for promoting, supporting, coordinating
and implementing health research activities, health policies and research
ethic development. In addition, the NIOPH conducts in country post
graduate training and training on health management, upgrading health
staffs in their relevant technical areas nationwide and cooperates with
foreign partner institutions. Moreover, the NIOPH is acted as a
bureau of the Council of Medical Sciences, MOH. |
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