Ethiopian Public Health Institute Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 301/2013.

This Regulation establishes Ethiopian Public Health Institute as an autonomous federal government office and defines its objectives, functions and powers and provides with respect to its administration. The objectives of the institute shall be to, among other things, conduct research on public health, detect public health risks. It shall undertake national surveys and surveillances on communicable and non-communicable diseases, nutritional problems, environmental health, health system and other health related issue, and produce or provide scientific assistance for local large scale production of vaccines, diagnostic kits, food science and nutritional products, and other related substances useful for the health service, through technology transfer, for major public health problems.