Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos
Research and development institute overview
Formed	January 1, 2009
Superseding agencies	National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health; National Public Health Institute of Finland;
Jurisdiction	Finland
Headquarters	Helsinki; 60.2010°N 24.8980°E
Employees	935 person-years (2018)
Annual budget	109 million € (2019)
Research and development institute executives	Markku Tervahauta, Director General; Pekka Rissanen, Assistant Director General, Knowledge and Data; Tuire Santamäki-Vuori, Director of Department (Welfare); Terhi Kilpi, Director of Department (Public Health Solutions); Mika Salminen, Director of Department (Health Security); Anu Muuri, Director of Department (Health and Social Care Systems); Anneli Pouta; Director of Department (Government Services);
Parent department	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Website	www.thl.fi

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL, Finnish: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, Swedish: Institutet för hälsa och välfärd; until 2019, National Institute for Health and Welfare) is a Finnish research and development institute operating under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. THL was formed on 1 January 2009, with the merger of the National Public Health Institute of Finland (KTL) and the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health. It is the biggest expert organisation under the ministry and its most important source of consultation regarding scientific knowledge.

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