Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ
Hungarian national public health and medicines authority responsible for infectious-disease and environmental surveillance, laboratory diagnostics and centralized molecular testing, genomic pathogen sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, development and operation of national surveillance information systems, maintenance of national health IT sub-systems (including vaccination logistics), curation and publication of a structured public hazardous-plant database, and administration of nationally funded public-health projects (including procurement and financial reporting related to COVID-19 response). Documented activities include routine wastewater-based epidemiology for respiratory viruses, qPCR and digital PCR testing, NGS-based genomic surveillance, weekly public reporting of surveillance outputs, international project participation and WHO collaborating-centre affiliation.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
large (251-1000)
Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ
Services
Weekly wastewater surveillance reporting
Online publication of national weekly reports summarizing wastewater-derived viral concentrations (SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A/B, RSV), trend interpretation and downloadable annexes.
Public hazardous-plant information database
Online catalog of plant species with structured attributes (Latin names, pollen allergenicity, contact effects, toxicity, carcinogenicity, animal toxicity) and images to inform public health guidance and risk mitigation.
Surveillance informatics development and system operation
Design, implementation and operational maintenance of national online reporting platforms, integration of case-based laboratory registries, and routine IT system maintenance and user notifications for professional health systems.
National influenza vaccine distribution coordination
Coordination of seasonal influenza vaccine allocation and communication about free vaccine availability for specified risk groups.
Project administration and public reporting for nationally and EU-funded health programs
Management and reporting services for implementation, communication and closeout of government and EU-funded public-health projects, including preparation of public press releases and financial attachments.
Disaster risk assessment system deployment
Development and deployment of a national disaster risk assessment system to support emergency preparedness and planning.
Weekly wastewater surveillance reporting
Online publication of national weekly reports summarizing wastewater-derived viral concentrations (SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A/B, RSV), trend interpretation and downloadable annexes.
Public hazardous-plant information database
Online catalog of plant species with structured attributes (Latin names, pollen allergenicity, contact effects, toxicity, carcinogenicity, animal toxicity) and images to inform public health guidance and risk mitigation.
Surveillance informatics development and system operation
Design, implementation and operational maintenance of national online reporting platforms, integration of case-based laboratory registries, and routine IT system maintenance and user notifications for professional health systems.
National influenza vaccine distribution coordination
Coordination of seasonal influenza vaccine allocation and communication about free vaccine availability for specified risk groups.
Project administration and public reporting for nationally and EU-funded health programs
Management and reporting services for implementation, communication and closeout of government and EU-funded public-health projects, including preparation of public press releases and financial attachments.
Disaster risk assessment system deployment
Development and deployment of a national disaster risk assessment system to support emergency preparedness and planning.
Expertise Areas
- Wastewater-based epidemiology
- Molecular diagnostics (digital PCR, qPCR)
- Genomic surveillance and bioinformatics
- Infectious-disease surveillance informatics
Key Technologies
- Ultrafiltration and environmental sample concentration methods
- Digital PCR
- Multiplex real-time PCR (qPCR)
- Next-generation sequencing (NGS)