Prolepsis Institute

The Institute of Preventive Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health, Prolepsis is a non-profit organization, active in the field of public health since 1991.

With a strong belief that health is a fundamental, non-negotiable and inalienable right for every human being, Prolepsis Institute has assumed a leading role in the field of public health, both on a national and European level, by:

• Implementing research programs in the fields of epidemiology, preventive medicine and environmental and occupational health.
• Prolepsis Institute organises, plans and implements research, applied and training programs in the areas of epidemiology, environmental and occupational health as well as health promotion many of which are co-funded by the European Union.
• Apart from scientific work the Institute also implements humanitarian action. Since 2012 and as a result of the financial crisis in Greece, the program DIATROFI offers daily free healthy meals and promotes healthy nutrition to students of disadvantaged areas across the country.
• Advancing research methodology in the field of health and preventive medicine
• Providing consultancy services for the prevention, proper handling of workplace risks as well as evaluation of environmental risks
• Encouraging interdisciplinary and international co-operation and creating networks of collaboration