Joint WHO Regional Office for Europe and International Association of National Public Health Institutes technical seminar: establishing national public health institutes through mergers – what does it take? (2018)

WHO Regional Office for Europe and IANPHI together held a meeting with focus on the development of national public health institutes through a merger process. The aim of the workshop was to bring about clarity, based on lived experiences, on the necessary practical steps, processes and strategies involved in successful mergers towards national public health institutes. This joint WHO-IANPHI expert meeting aimed to support key individuals tasked with leading the development of their institutional reforms in their countries by providing a platform to engage in a peer-to-peer format with countries who have recent experience in merging processes.