The purpose of EODY is to provide services contributing to the protection and improvement of health and to increase the life expectancy of the population, strengthening the National Health System’s capacity, particularly public health services, to effectively deal with threats to the human health posed by infectious diseases, via timely detection, monitoring and evaluation of risks, reports and submission of scientifically supported recommendations and interventions.
It is the operational design and implementation center for preventive, operating and intervening actions to protect public health, with readiness of response to health emergencies, coordinating its operations with the needs of the country and the international organizations it partners with.