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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![of psychology quickly, comprehensively, and in concise form and (b) by using data banks and publications, making it accessible to the professional public both within Germany and abroad. Moreover, it also should make documentation collections of third parties, especially relevant foreign-language data banks, accessible to the professional public in Germany. 2.6 Superior Federal Authorities and Federal Institutes Federal agencies and federal institutes fulfil important advisory, executive, and service functions (in addition to certain jurisdictional responsibilities) for the federal government. In the framework of these activities, the scientists employed at these facilities also contribute to health research. The following federal insti- tutes have important connections to the program presented here, especially to topics in the field of “Prevention and Preventive Care”: 2.6.1 Federal Health Office in Berlin (BundesoberbehGrde, [Superior Federal Authority] under the Jurisdiction of the BMG) The tasks of the Bundesgesundheitsamt (BGA) include project and commissio- ned research; scientific consultation for federal and state governments, the EC, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the World Health Organization (WHO), and other international bodies; and licensing and monitoring functions in all fields of public health care (and especially in the field of narcotics and phar- maceutical law). In these activities, it pursues the following goals: — Improvement of health-related consumer protection — Reduction of health risks from the environment Research on the causes of disease and its early detection Disease control — Increase in drug safety The following six institutes are active in the pursuit of these goals in the areas listed: — Robert Koch Institute: virology; bacteriology; natural-science-based micro- biology; microbial biochemistry; immunology; biological safety (genetic technology); disinfection, sterilization, and hospital hygiene; and epidemio- logy of infectious disease. The Institute has at its disposal numerous reference laboratories for examining various bacterial and viral infectious agents and is also active in the fields of mycology and parasitology. — Institute for Water, Soil, and Air Hygiene: environmental hygiene, construc- tion and settlement hygiene (sanitation), human ecology and health techno-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32219362_0123.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
