National Public Health Organization (Greece)

National Public Health Organization
Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας
PredecessorCenter for Diseases Control and Prevention
FormationMarch 9, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-09)
Legal statusprivate legal entity
HeadquartersMarousi, Attica, Greece
President
Panagiotis Arkoumaneas
Vice President in charge of infectious diseases
Georgios Panagiotakopoulos
Maria Piagkou, Georgios Sourvinos, Aggeliki Dreliozi, Efthimios Anagnostopoulos, Aristea Diamantopoulou, Aggelos Papanikolaou, Aikaterini Tsatsaragkou
Websiteeody.gov.gr

The National Public Health Organization (NPHO) (Greek: Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας, ΕΟΔΥ) in Greece, former Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (Greek: Κέντρο Ελέγχου και Πρόληψης Νοσημάτων, ΚΕΕΛΠΝΟ) constitutes the operational center for the planning and implementation of public health protection actions in the country and is responsible for the surveillance and control of diseases in Greece. It is supervised by the Greek Ministry of Health and its headquarters is located in Marousi, Attica.[1][2] The current president of the organization is Panagiotis Arkoumaneas.[3]

The Greek NPHO is a private legal entity that was originally established by Law 4600 in March 2019 (as a legal entity of public law) and took its current form by Law 4633 in October 2019. It is the full successor of the former Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, which was replaced by Law 4600/2019.[4] EODY has been in a central position, for example, in maintaining the situational picture of Greece during the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020 (see: coronavirus pandemic in Greece).[5]

  1. ^ "LAW 4633/2019:Establishment of the National Public Health Organization (NPHO), tobacco product regulations, other issues of the Ministry of Health and other provisions". e-nomothesia.gr (in Greek). October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας (Hellenic National Public Health Organization – EODY) - EPIET". European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. June 16, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. ^ IEFIMERIDA.GR, NEWSROOM (October 5, 2019). "Ο Παναγιώτης Αρκουμανέας νέος πρόεδρος του ΕΟΔΥ (ΚΕΕΛΠΝΟ) | ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "LAW 4600/2019: Modernization and Reform of the Institutional Framework for Private Clinics, Establishment of National Public Health Organization, Establishment of National Institute of Neoplasms and other provisions". e-nomothesia.gr (in Greek). March 9, 2019. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ημερήσιες Εκθέσεις COVID-19 2021". Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας (in Greek). Retrieved August 22, 2022.