I take the pleasure in welcoming you to The Institute of Public Health (IPH) an institute dedicated to establish as a regional and international reference center to support public health activities through production of biologicals, laboratory services, teaching, training and research in the field of public health.
The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is a national institute under the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Its major role is to support preventive, promotive and curative health care activities through laboratories, production of biologicals, quality control, training, education, research and publications in the field of public health.
The Institute has started its functions as Combined Public Health Laboratories in 1952, comprised of Public Health and Water Laboratory, Microbiology Laboratory, Central Drug Laboratory, Nutrition Unit and Vaccine Production Unit. Later on, coping up with the national demand and considering the spectra of activities, it has been renamed as the Institute of Public Health in 1953.
