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SI-PANDA – Behavioural Insights and Health
The National Institute of Public Health has been conducting the SI-PANDA– Behavioural Insights and Health survey since 2024. This research examines people’s behaviour in relation to their health and their preparedness for new possible disease outbreaks and potential crisis situations in the future.
Projects
Ljubljana on the path to a “healthy comfort” in public buildings
On Friday, 21 November 2025, partners of EffiComfort project gathered at the kick-off meeting in Ljubljana’s City Hall to align their perspectives on the development of a new, innovative service designed to improve comfort in public buildings. The service brings together energy efficiency, smart technologies and care for users’ health, promising significantly better indoor living conditions […]
Projects
An external perspective: international expert support in shaping the “Healthy Comfort” service for buildings in Ljubljana
EffiComfort project partners, aiming to establish healthier indoor environments in buildings across Ljubljana, hosted Javier Leiva, an Innovation Expert of the European Urban Initiative (EUI), in Ljubljana on 12 and 13 January 2026. The meetings with the partnership enabled him to gain a comprehensive overview of the project and identify key areas where his international experience […]
Projects
EffiComfort among the key highlights of the “Small Changes, Big Savings” conference
Featured at the event Small Changes, Big Savings – Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Future and Lower Energy Bills, held on 11 March 2026 at Ljubljana City Hall, the EffiComfort project attracted significant attention as an innovative initiative in the field of energy services.
Communicable diseases
Travel clinics of NIJZ
Vaccinations and prescriptions (including malaria prophylaxis) for travellers and other vaccinations (e.g. vaccination against influenza, tick-borne encephalitis, Human papillomavirus, varicella-zoster vaccine etc.).
Health care system
Slovenia’s chronic disease strategy offers lessons for other countries
Slovenia’s long-standing national approach to chronic disease prevention and management could offer valuable lessons for international health systems, STAT News reports. In contrast to recent U.S. efforts to elevate chronic disease on the national agenda, Slovenia has built prevention into everyday care for decades.
Noncommunicable diseases
Final Conference of the EU-funded project EUROHELICAN – Accelerating gastric cancer reduction in Europe through Helicobacter pylori eradication
The National Institute of Public Health and the Community Health Centre dr. Adolf Drolc Maribor has organized the final event of the EU-funded project EUROHELICAN.
NIJZ
United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize awarded to Jožica Maučec Zakotnik
At the 78th World Health Assembly, six outstanding individuals and institutions were recognized for their contributions to public health. During a ceremony held on Friday, 23 May 2025, during the plenary session of the Assembly in Geneva, prestigious prizes were awarded to laureates from across the globe for their exceptional work in advancing and promoting […]
Drinking water
Faecal contamination of drinking water in the Maximarket business facility
On Wednesday, 16 April 2025, the Epidemiology Service at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) received a notification from the Health and Hygiene Control Service at JP VOKA SNAGA, reporting that the company had been informed by Mercator on 15 April 2025 of health issues affecting employees at the Maximarket business facility.
Lifestyle
Increase in the use of digital technology among adolescents
The need for healthier online habits.
Communicable diseases
Protect you child from HPV and related cancers
HPV infections cause six types of cancers in both women and men. Most people will be infected with HPV at least once during their lifetime. The incidence is the highest between the ages of 15 and 25. There is no cure for HPV infection, but it can be effectively prevented by vaccination.
NIJZ
Public health today and tomorrow: at the crossroads of challenges and opportunities
The 2nd Public Health Conference “Public Health Today and Tomorrow: at the Crossroads of Challenges and Opportunities”, organised by the National Institute of Public Health, took place in Maribor on 1 and 2 October 2024.
Communicable diseases A to Z
Measles
Measles is highly contagious viral disease that causes a large number of deaths worldwide. The disease is transmitted by infectious droplets that can float in the air for several hours.
Projects
Kick-off meeting of the new European project EUROHELICAN
The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) organized the “Kick-off” meeting of the new European project EUROHELICAN – Accelerating gastric cancer reduction in Europe through Helicobacter pylori eradication. The general objective of the EUROHELICAN project is to assess the feasibility of population-based Helicobacter pylori test- and treat strategy for gastric cancer prevention in Europe. In […]
Communicable diseases
Mpox (Monkeypox)
Mpox virus can be transmitted to humans by contact with an infected animal (most commonly rodents or primates) or an infected human, or by human body fluids containing the virus. Human-to-human transmission can also be drip-borne. The infection spreads between people who are in close contact with each other.
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We are actively involved in more than 90 Slovenian and international projects covering various areas of health and general public health problems.
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