Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Agency overview
FormedApril 21, 1934
HeadquartersRome, Italy
Employees1,808
Agency executives
  • Silvio Brusaferro, Straordinary commissioner of ISS
  • Angelo Del Favero, Director General of ISS
Parent agencyMinistero della Salute
Websitewww.iss.it

The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health, literally 'Higher Health Institute'), 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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