Swiss Public Health Institutions

 

FNRS SNSF			Swiss National Science Foundation
OFES			Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel Webmaster@bfs.admin.ch SFSO Information Service, T: 41 32 713 60 11
			Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin Basel Steinengraben 49, 4051 Basel Tel: -- 267 60 66 - Fax: -- 267 61 90
IMSP			Institut de médecine sociale et préventive de Genève
IUMSP			Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne Rue Du Bugnon 17, CH-1005 Tel : 41 21 314 72 72 - Fax : 41 21 314 73 73 E-mail: IUMSP@inst.hospvd.ch
.ISPMZ			Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin Universität Zürich Sumatrastr. 30, CH-8006 Zürich Tel: 41 01 634 46 11 - Fax: 41 01 634 49 86
.ISPMZ			Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin Universität Zürich Sumatrastr. 30, CH-8006 Zürich Tel: 41 01 634 46 11 - Fax: 41 01 634 49 86
Z / I / M			Zentrum für Informatik und wirtschaftliche Medizin Steigstrasse 12, CH-9116 Wolfertswil Tel: 41 71 3900 444 - Fax: 41 71 3900 447 Email: wolfram@fischer-zim.ch

European Research Groups

 

	Belgique : Scientific Institute of Public Health - LOUIS PASTEUR Epidemiology Division : http://www.iph.fgov.be/epidemio Herman VAN OYEN : Division Head e-mail : herman.vanoyen@iph.fgov.be Tel. : +32 2 642 50 29 Fax : +32 2 642 54 10
	France: Projet  SU.VI.MAX Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l'Alimentation, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Serge Hercberg, Pilar Galan, Paul Preziosi
	Italy, Napoli: Progetto Atena Università di Napoli " Federico II " Salvatore Panico, Rocco Galasso
	Spain: The Catalonia Nutrition Survey 1992-93 Grup de Recerca en Nutriciò Comunitària, Departament de Salut Publica i Legislacio Sanitaria, U. de Barcelona, and Grup de Recerca en Nutriciò Comunitària, U. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Lluis Serra-Majem, Lourdes Ribas
	United Kingdom / Northern Ireland: The Belfast MONICA project The Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. John Yarnell, Jill Weston, Evelyn McCrum
	The Netherlands: Monitoring Project on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Jaap Seidell, Monique Verschuren, Saskia Houterman, Peggy Van den Hoogen
	Italy, Rome: Progetto MATISS  Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Simona Giampaoli, Fabio Pannozzo, Cinzia Lo Noce, Maria Fenicia Vescio, Agata Poce
CREDES	Centre de Recherche, d'Etude et de Documentation en Economie de la Santé 1, rue Paul Cézanne, 75008 Paris T: 01 53 93 43 00 F : 01 53 93 43 50

USA and Internationals

	Department of Epidemiology The Bloomberg School of Public Health The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
	Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, New York
BRFSS	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is administered continuously since 1984 by the Centers for Disease Control and Health Promotion (CDC). At present all 50 US states are participating.
WHO	http://www.who.int/
MONICA	WHO MONICA Project established in the early 1980s to MONItor trends in CArdiovascular diseases and to relate these to risk factor changes in the population over a ten year period. It was set up to explain the diverse trends in cardiovascular disease mortality which were observed from the 1970s onwards. There are total of 32 MONICA Collaborating Centres in 21 countries. The total population age 25-64 years being monitored is ten million men and women. Final results of the project are expected in 1998.