Welcome to the HPSC website

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.

HPSC is part of the Health Service Executive and works in partnership with health service providers and sister organisations around the world. HPSC endeavours to protect and improve the health of the Irish population by collating, interpreting and disseminating data to provide the best possible information on infectious disease. This is achieved through surveillance, independent advice, epidemiological investigation, research and training.

The HPSC works in partnership with health service providers and sister organisations around the world, to provide up to date information for the effective control of infectious diseases.

The agency was originally known as the National Disease Surveillance Centre and was set up in 1998.