National Institute of Public Health was established on April 1st, 2002, integrating The Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Health Services Management and a part of the Department of Oral Science in National Institute of Infectious Disease.

The mission of the new organization is to carry out education and training of the personnel engaging in the works of public health, environmental hygiene and social welfare, and to conduct research in these areas.

History

• 938: The Institute of Public Health was founded under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
• 1940: Renamed the Welfare National Science Laboratory and merged with a nutritional institute under the jurisdiction of the Interior Ministry.
• 1942: Integrated into the Health and Welfare Research Laboratory, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
• 1946: Reestablished as the Institute of Public Health.
• 2002: Reorganized as the National Institute of Public Health.