Health research 2000 : the program of the German Federal Government.
- Germany. Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie
- Date:
- 1994
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: Health research 2000 : the program of the German Federal Government. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2.5.1 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg (A “Blue List” Institute [BLI] Under the Jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of Health [BMG]) The mission of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institut (BNI) is to research the causes and courses of tropical diseases, to treat patients with tropical and infectious disea- ses, and to provide for the education and advanced training of physicians and other qualified personnel in tropical medicine. The research division of the insti- tute is divided into sections on molecular biology, parasitology, and medical microbiology. In addition, there are facilities outside of the sections, in such fields as clinical chemistry, electron microscopy, and for the maintenance of ani- mal holdings. Use is made nationally of a centralized, tropical-medical diagno- stic laboratory. In- and out-patient care is performed in the institute hospital (68 beds). BNI has run its own field office since 1968; initially in Liberia, since the outbreak of the Liberian civil war in 1990, it has been moved to Benin until fur- ther notice. Special importance is given to the institute-wide, interdepartmental research pro- grams on the pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica and Onchocerca volvolus. Research in the field of parasitology will be continuously intensified in coming years. A clinical research team will also be established (1993). 2.5.2 German Institute for Nutritional Research in Potsdam- Rehbriicke (BLI under BMFT Jurisdiction) The Deutsches Institut fiir Ernahrungsforschung (DIfE) was established on 1 January 1992 as a public foundation of the state of Brandenburg, out of the for- mer East German Central Institute for Nutrition of the Academy of Sciences. The mission of the institute is to investigate the interconnections among food, diet, and health on the molecular, cellular, physiological, and epidemiological levels. Scientifically based programs for healthy dietary behavior will be worked out in order to translate cognitive advances made in biochemistry and medicine, as well as in psychology. Thus its orientation toward nutritional medicine places the institute firmly in the service of the prevention of diet-induced, chronic-degene- rative diseases. The topics to be treated are classified according to the following priority fields: nutritional physiology and energy metabolism, toxicology, micro- ecology, epidemiology, dietary behavior, immunology, molecular genetics, and preventive-medical foodstuffs research. DIfE activities should be seen as closely connected to the research topics falling under the rubric of “Life-Style, Nutrition, and Environment” in the Health Rese- arch 2000 program. By carrying out its tasks, the DIfE will serve in the future to Liz](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32219362_0114.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
