Institute for Public Health (IKU)

Institute for Public Health (IKU) is one of the research institutes under National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health. IPH focuses on public health research. In line with the restructuring of health care system of Malaysia towards 1 Care, IKU will strengthen its research capacity to support the Ministry of Health in the planning of the health care delivery for the country. The Institute has its roots in Singapore before independence where the Royal Sanitary Institute trained the Health Inspector. The Institute was later renamed the Royal Society for Promotion of Health (R.S.H) which trained Health Inspectors from Malaya, Singapore and Borneo States. In 1956, there were 150 Health Inspectors who were awaiting training. To expedite matters, a committee was set up which proposed the setting up a training centre in Malaya. Hence in 1959, the Health Inspector's Training School was set up in Jalan Young (now Jalan Cenderasari), Kuala Lumpur.