NIMD
Gold Sponsor
National Institute for Minamata Disease
National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD) was founded in the City of Minamata, Kumamoto, in October 1978 with a view to facilitating the advancement of research on Minamata disease, for the purpose of conducting comprehensive medical research in efforts to deliver better medical care for Minamata disease patients.
Since the Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted and signed in October 2013, NIMD engages, both in Japan and abroad, in disseminating outcomes from research on mercury and lessons learned from Minamata disease, and delivering information, including provision of mercury management technologies, in an attempt to facilitate early entry into force of the Convention.
