The Bernhard Nocht Institute: 100 years of tropical medicine in Hamburg
The Bernhard Nocht Institute (BNI) is a four months younger and much smaller sibling of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. It was founded on 1 October 1900 as an Institut für Schiffs- und Tropenkrankheiten (Institute for Maritime and Tropical Diseases) and was later named after its founder and first direct...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2000-01-01
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| description | The Bernhard Nocht Institute (BNI) is a four months younger and much smaller sibling of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. It was founded on 1 October 1900 as an Institut für Schiffs- und Tropenkrankheiten (Institute for Maritime and Tropical Diseases) and was later named after its founder and first director Bernhard Nocht. Today it is the Germany's largest institution for research in tropical medicine. It is a government institution affiliated to the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany and the Department of Health of the State of Hamburg. As the center for research in tropical medicine in Germany the BNI is dedicated to research, training and patient care in the area of human infectious diseases, which are of particular relevance in the tropics. It is the primary mission of the BNI to develop means to the control of these diseases. Secondary missions are to provide expertise for regional and national authorities and to directly and indirectly improve the health care for national and regional citizens in regard to diseases of the tropics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b4b0c6da1f94d3a80fc9253b073695d2023-09-03T07:24:59ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80602000-01-0195172310.1590/S0074-02762000000700003The Bernhard Nocht Institute: 100 years of tropical medicine in HamburgBernhard FleischerThe Bernhard Nocht Institute (BNI) is a four months younger and much smaller sibling of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. It was founded on 1 October 1900 as an Institut für Schiffs- und Tropenkrankheiten (Institute for Maritime and Tropical Diseases) and was later named after its founder and first director Bernhard Nocht. Today it is the Germany's largest institution for research in tropical medicine. It is a government institution affiliated to the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany and the Department of Health of the State of Hamburg. As the center for research in tropical medicine in Germany the BNI is dedicated to research, training and patient care in the area of human infectious diseases, which are of particular relevance in the tropics. It is the primary mission of the BNI to develop means to the control of these diseases. Secondary missions are to provide expertise for regional and national authorities and to directly and indirectly improve the health care for national and regional citizens in regard to diseases of the tropics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000700003Bernhard Nocht Institutetropical medicineresearch |
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| title | The Bernhard Nocht Institute: 100 years of tropical medicine in Hamburg |
| title_full | The Bernhard Nocht Institute: 100 years of tropical medicine in Hamburg |
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| title_short | The Bernhard Nocht Institute: 100 years of tropical medicine in Hamburg |
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