Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud

Gorgas Memorial Institute

The Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (GMI)) is a medical research institution that has been dedicated for more than 80 years on investigating diseases in the tropics and preventive medicine.[1] Established in 1921, GMI had its building inaugurated in Panama City in 1928. It was administered by the United States until 1990. Since 1990, it has been a part of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Panama.[2]

  1. ^ Organización Panamericana de la Salud
  2. ^ "¿Quiénes Somos?". Gorgas (in Spanish). Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud (1928). Retrieved 5 June 2024.