Formed April 21, 1941 Founded 21 April 1941 Number of employees 1,808 | Parent agency Ministero della Salute Headquarters Rome | |
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Preceding agency Istituto di Sanità Pubblica (1934) Agency executives Gualtiero Ricciardi, Commissioner of ISS
Angelo Del Favero, Director General of ISS | ||
Walter ricciardi presidente iss al via il nuovo istituto superiore di sanit 7 febbraio 2017
The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health), also ISS, is an Italian public institution that, as the leading technical-scientific body of the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), performs research, trials, control, counseling, documentation and training for public health. The Institute is under the supervision of the Ministero della Salute (Ministry of Health).
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History
The official opening of the ISS, called Istituto di Sanità Pubblica (Institute of Public Health), took place on April 21, 1934. The construction of the main building in Rome, designed by architect Giuseppe Amendola, started on July 6, 1931 and it was financed by the American Rockefeller Foundation.
In 1941 the Istituto di Sanità Pubblica assumed its present name of Istituto Superiore di Sanità
In 1958 the ISS came under the protection of the Ministry of Health, from the Ministry of Interior.