Information
- Type
- Organization
- Type
- https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific
- Name
- The National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge
- Name
- Instituto Nacional de Saude Doutor Ricardo Jorge@pt
- Acronym
- MS-INSA
- Parent institute
-
Ministry of health
- Address
- Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- Contact numbers
-
- Telephone
- +351-(0)217-51 92 00
- Email
- info@insa.min-saude.pt
- Location
-
- latitude
- 38.7646800
- longitude
- -9.1648800
- Description @en
- The National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) is a central department of the Portuguese Ministry of Health, with scientific, technical, administrative and financial autonomy, depending directly from the Minister of Health.
Founded in 1899 by the physician and humanist Ricardo Jorge (Porto, 1858 – Lisbon, 1939), as the main laboratory of the Portuguese health system, INSA is a State Laboratory, incorporating the functions of national observatory and national reference laboratory in the Portuguese health sector.