The objective of the Institute’s activity, mainly focused on public health service, is to provide advisory services and participate with the Ministry of Health and Consumption and Autonomous Regions in all matters pertaining to health and disease processes, health monitoring, and, particularly, contagious diseases including, among other, epidemiological monitoring, diagnostic and control of same, the study of outbreaks, epidemics, or other infectious, environmental, health emergencies, or non-widespread diseases.