Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanović Batut" represents an expert institution for Public Health, which provides advice, support and guidance for the Serbian government and conducts independent researches on issues related to public health in Serbia. The main tasks of the Institute are: • health analysis and planning that includes monitoring the health issues, reporting on health and planning health services, analysis of health risks in the community and supporting the improvement of quality of care; • collecting data on health and health care use within the jurisdiction of national statistics, maintenance of databases on the resources of health care system, providing data from population studies and providing health information for the effective coverage of health intended for government agencies and the public; • health promotion in community, health education and health care of vulnerable population groups and groups with special needs; • control and prevention of infectious and noninfectious diseases, and maintaining and improving readiness in emergency cases; • monitoring of environmental risks on the health of the population, controlling the food safety, the safety of water, sanitary inspection and hygiene standards control; • public health microbiology and clinical microbiology.