Pedro Kouri Institute is a Cuban research institution known worldwide because of both the numberless remarkable results and the prizes obtained by its researchers.

Some of its laboratories are WHO / PAHO Collaborating Centres and, at a national extent, it is the leading authority in fields such as Microbiology, Parasitology, Tropical Medicine, Clinical Infectology and epidemiology of Communicable Diseases.

Founded in 1937 by Professor Pedro Kourí, the international prestige IPK has gained is basically based on the high qualification of its scientific personnel.

IPK's facilities, located outside the City of Havana, extend over an area of 77 000 square meters, 56 000 of which are occupied by buildings and the rest are gardens and parking lots.
 

Mission

To contribute to improving the quality of life of the Cuban population and the rest of the international community, offering fast, specialized and Hi-Tech services in diagnostic tests, medical care delivery, teaching as well as in the development of research projects; focused on the prevention, control and eradication of communicable diseases.

Vision

We are an institution with international scope, integrated by competent, high-performance personnel, that continuously improve its technology and services to face communicable diseases and satisfy the needs of both the population and its own workers.

Social object

1. To act as a national reference laboratory for microbiology and parasitology.
2. To act as a national reference center for medical care and treatment of HIV patients.
3. To offer in- and outpatient medical care to the population refered to the Tropical Medicine Institute
4. To participate in calls made by international organization or non-governmental organizations for
    research finacing.
5. To offer epidemiological surveillance service for communicable disease and vaccines.
6. To carry out validation and surveillance of Cuban vaccine candidates and drugs, and of products
    for vector and pest control.
7. To carry out field work for communicable disease control, giving advice to the different health
    levels about the hygienic-epidemiological situation and the prevention of possible epidemic
    outbreaks.
8. To act as a PAHO/WHO collaborating center for the study of tuberculosis and dengue.
9. To develop research, medical care, and teaching activities on infectious and parasitic diseases
    with the participation of IPk's hospital and reference laboratories.
10. To provide highly qualified medical services to national patients and to foreign patients suffering
      from diseases that can be introduced in the country.
11. To develop and carry out investigations aimed at the rapid control of infectious and
      communicable diseases for the benefit of the both the national and the regional health networks.
12. To offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses (master's degree, doctorates, trainings, etc) to
      professionals and technicians in the communicable diseases field, as well as to the medical
      brigades in internationalist missions as part of the integral health program.
13. To sell medication, at retail prices, at the institute's pharmacy in Cuban pesos to nationals and
      in Cuban convertible pesos to foreigners.
14. To develop scientific software for their use within the instituion and on the national public health   
      network.
15. To act as the venue of national and international scientific events such as congresses,
      workshops, or other events modalities.
16. To offer non-tourist accommodation and gastronomic services to foreign students who are taking 
      any of the courses offered by the institution.
17. To offer canteen and cafeteria services to the institution workers.
18. To offer transportation service to the institution workers.
19. To offer medical care to tourists and foreign patients.

Shared values
 

Research
 

Medical Care