Formed 1998 Jurisdiction France | Superseding agency none Headquarters Saint-Maurice cedex | |
Minister responsible Marisol Touraine, Minister of social affairs and Health (France) Agency executives Dr Françoise Weber, Director General
Jean-Claude Desenclos, Scientific Director | ||
The Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS; English: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, literally "Institute of Health Surveillance") is a French public establishment of the Health minister. Its mission is to survey the health of the population and, if required (for example in the case of an epidemics), to alert the administration, health specialists and the whole of the population. This surveillance role is shared with other public organisations such as the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM) and the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (Anses).
The Institut de veille sanitaire was criticized by the press for its lack of response during the European heat wave of 2003 but was cleared by several official commissions.