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| Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública | |
|---|---|
| Name | Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública |
| Established | 1929 |
| Type | Public |
| City | Lisbon |
| Country | Portugal |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Universidade NOVA de Lisboa |
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública is a Portuguese school of public health located in Lisbon linked to Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, with historical ties to national health policy and tropical medicine. It has engaged with international organizations and universities including World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, European Commission, United Nations, World Bank and forged collaborations with institutions such as University of Oxford, Harvard University, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Karolinska Institutet and University of São Paulo. The school has connections to Portuguese ministries and municipal bodies including Ministry of Health (Portugal), Municipality of Lisbon, Governo Civil de Lisboa and participates in European networks such as Erasmus Programme, Horizon 2020, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Public Health Association.
Founded in the early 20th century, the institution evolved alongside Portuguese public health reforms during periods associated with figures and events such as Óscar Carmona, António de Oliveira Salazar, Carnation Revolution, Estado Novo (Portugal), Portuguese Republic (1910–1926), and later democratic administrations linked to Mário Soares and Aníbal Cavaco Silva. The school’s development paralleled campaigns and crises including responses to Spanish flu, Smallpox eradication, Polio vaccine campaigns, HIV/AIDS pandemic, SARS outbreak, Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, COVID-19 pandemic and participation in global health forums like Alma-Ata Declaration, Declaration of Helsinki, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and Sustainable Development Goals. Institutional milestones were influenced by prominent Portuguese scientists and administrators associated with entities such as Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and collaborations with museums and libraries including National Library of Portugal.
The governance structure involves academic bodies and administrative units paralleling models from Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto Superior Técnico, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, and interacts with national agencies such as Direção-Geral da Saúde (Portugal), Serviço Nacional de Saúde (Portugal), Autoridade de Saúde, Comissão Nacional de Saúde Pública and international partners like European University Association. Leadership roles reflect practices seen at institutions including Sorbonne University, University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Toronto and report to boards similar to those at Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization Executive Board and committees comparable to Scientific Advisory Board of the European Commission.
Academic offerings include undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs drawing models from Master of Public Health, Doctor of Public Health, Bachelor of Science in Epidemiology and postgraduate diplomas akin to courses at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet and Imperial College London. Curricula address subjects connected to curricula at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, University of Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra Faculty of Medicine, covering modules similar to those in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, occupational health, health policy, health economics and global health and draw on case studies from outbreaks like cholera outbreak in Haiti, Zika virus epidemic, H1N1 influenza pandemic and programs such as Expanded Programme on Immunization.
Research units and centers collaborate with organizations such as European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Wellcome Trust, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, Medicines Patent Pool, and universities including University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London and ETH Zurich. The school hosts centers working on themes related to studies published in journals like The Lancet, BMJ, Nature Medicine, PLOS Medicine, American Journal of Public Health and collaborates with projects linked to Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and research networks including Global Health Security Agenda and Collective Research Institutions. Research topics include surveillance systems used by European Surveillance System, modelling approaches seen in research by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and fieldwork partnerships with Instituto Nacional de Saúde (Mozambique), Faculdade de Medicina Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidad de São Paulo.
The school delivers community programs coordinated with local actors like Municipality of Lisbon, Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Associação Nacional de Farmácias, Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross), and public campaigns aligned with initiatives from Direção-Geral da Saúde (Portugal), World Health Organization and European Commission. Services include epidemiological surveillance support during events like Euro 2004, Expo '98, and responses to emergencies involving agencies such as Proteção Civil (Portugal), Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil and humanitarian organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières and International Committee of the Red Cross. Outreach work intersects with social programs run by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome, Instituto de Segurança Social and participates in vaccination campaigns related to World Immunization Week and health promotion initiatives echoing Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
Alumni and faculty have included public health figures and academics who worked alongside or in institutions such as Direção-Geral da Saúde (Portugal), Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, European Commission, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade do Porto, and international scholars affiliated with Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Individuals have engaged in national policy forums with politicians and statesmen like António Costa, Rui Rio, Pedro Passos Coelho and have collaborated with researchers connected to awards and bodies such as Nobel Prize, Prince Mahidol Award, European Research Council and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists covering public health crises.
Category:Universities and colleges in Lisbon Category:Public health schools