Glossary

INSA

Published 5 November 2026, 22:39
INSA — Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (national health institute)

The state public health laboratory: it studies infections, monitors disease-carrying insects, tests water and food, and counts deaths across the country. It does not treat patients or deal with the public: its job is to measure and to warn.

Where you come across it. News about outbreaks, mosquitoes, heatwaves and water quality.
Decisions on what the public should do are announced by the DGS; INSA supplies it with the data.
Official website: insa.min-saude.pt