Since its establishment in 1919 until today, the Hellenic Institute of Pasteur (HPI) has remained faithful to its mission, which is the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases through Basic Research, Education and the provision of Public Health Services.
In addition to focusing on fighting infectious diseases, the Research goal of HIP today is to also fight non-infectious diseases such as autoimmune, neurodegenerative, neuromuscular diseases and various forms of cancer.
The HPI is a private, non-profit legal entity, supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development and Investment and the Ministry of Health. It is based in Athens and has administrative and financial autonomy. Services and offices of HPI can be potentially located in other cities in Greece.
Its operation is governed by Greek Law 4310/2014 (Government Gazette A' 258) and Law 4528/2018 (Government Gazette A' 50) and abides to the Greek law concerning the operation of Research Centers and to a Bilateral Agreement (3733/28-1-2009) between the Greek Government and the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
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