Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control

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The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control was Sweden’s national public health agency responsible for monitoring, preventing, and controlling infectious diseases until it was merged into the Public Health Agency of Sweden in 2014.

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instanceOf government agency
public health institute
abbreviation SMI NERFINISHED
archivesHeldBy Public Health Agency of Sweden NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control NERFINISHED
World Health Organization NERFINISHED
country Sweden
dissolutionCause merger into the Public Health Agency of Sweden
dissolved 2014
field epidemiology
infectious disease control
public health
focus antimicrobial resistance surveillance
communicable diseases
pandemic preparedness
vaccine-preventable diseases
follows Swedish communicable disease legislation
hasWebsite http://www.smittskyddsinstitutet.se/
headquartersFunction national reference laboratory for several infectious diseases
jurisdiction Sweden NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
Swedish
locatedIn Solna NERFINISHED
Stockholm County
Sweden
mergedInto Public Health Agency of Sweden NERFINISHED
nativeName Smittskyddsinstitutet NERFINISHED
operatedBy Government of Sweden NERFINISHED
replacedBy Public Health Agency of Sweden NERFINISHED
scope national
sector public sector
subordinateTo Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden) NERFINISHED
task control of infectious diseases
health communication on infectious diseases
laboratory diagnostics for infectious diseases
monitoring infectious diseases
outbreak investigation
prevention of infectious diseases
support to regional and local disease control authorities
surveillance of communicable diseases

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Anders Tegnell hasWorkedFor Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control