Our Institute is a Member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region
The Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health (CII or the Institute) was founded in 2004 on the basis of a trilateral agreement between the Cyprus Government, the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and since 2009, it operates within the CUT system. The Institute now runs autonomously by building on the know-how and experience gained from the >10-year agreement with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which has recently come to an end.
Since its inception in 2004, the Institute was the first research institute in Cyprus that dealt exclusively with public and environmental health issues. The Institute now demonstrates its >10-year presence in educational and research activities in Cyprus and in the broader Eastern Mediterranean region, such as in Kuwait and Greece by establishing successful postgraduate and doctoral programs, population health studies, and extensive scientific collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health and other leading public health institutions.
In recent years, new public health challenges in Cyprus have emerged along with the recent approval of implementing a new general health system for the Cypriot population, requiring advanced training and specialized risk management, both in the short and medium term.
In effect, horizontal pressures on public health, such as the various aspects of climate change, immigration, population growth in cities and the aging of the population require a systematic assessment of the impact of these pressures on public health. Health disparities and living conditions of citizens in both urban and rural areas are expected to increase in the coming years due to the above-mentioned horizontal pressures that public health professionals will be called upon to address. Recent years have also experienced the significant increase in new cases of chronic illnesses in the general population, such as cancer, type II diabetes and mental disorders.
Increasing morbidity of chronic illnesses is a significant burden on the state budget and it requires solutions and best practices based on prevention and early diagnosis systems. Public health professionals will be called upon to make a decisive contribution to these challenges and the Institute is expected to play a leading role in these challenges engaging with actions of education, research and knowledge diffusion.
Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health
Our Institute is a Member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region
The Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health (CII or the Institute) was founded in 2004 on the basis of a trilateral agreement between the Cyprus Government, the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and since 2009, it operates within the CUT system. The Institute now runs autonomously by building on the know-how and experience gained from the >10-year agreement with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which has recently come to an end.
Since its inception in 2004, the Institute was the first research institute in Cyprus that dealt exclusively with public and environmental health issues. The Institute now demonstrates its >10-year presence in educational and research activities in Cyprus and in the broader Eastern Mediterranean region, such as in Kuwait and Greece by establishing successful postgraduate and doctoral programs, population health studies, and extensive scientific collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health and other leading public health institutions.
In recent years, new public health challenges in Cyprus have emerged along with the recent approval of implementing a new general health system for the Cypriot population, requiring advanced training and specialized risk management, both in the short and medium term.
In effect, horizontal pressures on public health, such as the various aspects of climate change, immigration, population growth in cities and the aging of the population require a systematic assessment of the impact of these pressures on public health. Health disparities and living conditions of citizens in both urban and rural areas are expected to increase in the coming years due to the above-mentioned horizontal pressures that public health professionals will be called upon to address. Recent years have also experienced the significant increase in new cases of chronic illnesses in the general population, such as cancer, type II diabetes and mental disorders.
Increasing morbidity of chronic illnesses is a significant burden on the state budget and it requires solutions and best practices based on prevention and early diagnosis systems. Public health professionals will be called upon to make a decisive contribution to these challenges and the Institute is expected to play a leading role in these challenges engaging with actions of education, research and knowledge diffusion.
