Scientific committees at RKI
The Robert Koch Institute gets advised by a number of scientific committees in order to fulfil its regulatory and technical duties at the highest level. Members of the individual committees are experts from various related disciplines which are appointed by RKI and the Federal Ministry of Health, respectively. According to their individual rules of procedure, the periods of appointment range from three to four years. The committees’ offices are located at the RKI and organize all aspects concerning the work of the committees, convey recommendations and implement their resolutions.
Committees
- Advisory Board for Health Monitoring and Health Reporting
- Bodies of the German Centre for Cancer Registry Data
- Central Ethics Committee for Stem Cell Research
- Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
- Commission on Anti Infectives, Resistance and Therapy
- Commission on Genetic Testing
- Committee for Environmental Public Health
- Bundesgesundheitsblatt
- Expert Advisory Board on Pandemic Acute Respiratory Infections
- National Avisory Committee Blood
- National Verification Committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination in Germany
- National Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication in Germany
- Scientific Advisory Board for Public Health Microbiology
- Scientific Advisory Board for the Centre for International Health Protection ZIG
- STAKOB
- Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO)