Robert Koch Institut

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is Germany’s national public health institute, tasked in particular with developing policy recommendations and preventive strategies for the Federal Government and (thus) protecting and improving the health of the population. The RKI collects data on non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases and (new) biological dangers, determinants of health, health behaviour, and health outcomes. The Mental Health Unit (director: Dr. U. Hapke) of the Robert-Koch-Institute is part of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring (director: PD Dr. T. Lampert) and strongly connected with the units on Physical Health, Health-related Behavior, Social Determinants, Health Reporting and the Epidemiological Data Center.