Research Organization for Health

Research Organization for Health
Organisasi Riset Kesehatan (OR Kesehatan)
Agency overview
Formed1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Indonesia
Agency executive
  • Ni Luh Putu Indi Dharmayanti, Head of OR Kesehatan
Parent agencyNational Research and Innovation Agency
Websitehttps://brin.go.id/ork/

The Research Organization for Health (Indonesian: Organisasi Riset Kesehatan, OR Kesehatan) is one of Research Organizations under the umbrella of the National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, BRIN). The organization is transformation of National Institute of Health Research and Development (Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, Balitbangkes) of Ministry of Health (Kementerian Kesehatan, Kemenkes).

On 24 January 2022, it is announced that the organization extended with fusion of elements from Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center, and Indonesian Research Center for Veterinary Sciences from Ministry of Agriculture. OR Kesehatan formation is finalized on 1 March 2022 and is functional since 4 March 2022.