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The IOC Health, Medicine and Science Commission and Department
The overarching mandate of the IOC Health, Medicine and Science Commission and Department is to protect and promote the health of athletes.
The Commission and Department focuses on key health issues impacting athletes and the Olympic Movement, including injury and illness prevention, clean sport, safeguarding, mental health and well-being, medical services and research, emerging global public health topics, and promoting the health benefits of lifelong physical activity.
The key priorities include to:
- Leverage the impact of the Olympic Movement to build a healthier world through sport, leading on a wider health strategy including physical activity, public health and sustainability.
- Optimise athlete health and health care at the Olympic Games and all IOC events.
- Implement and evaluate evidence-based models of safe sport across the Olympic Movement to protect the physical and mental wellbeing of athletes and other participants.
- Provide leadership across the Olympic Movement on the protection and promotion of athlete health and wellbeing across the athlete lifespan through research and education.
- Lead on all aspects of science and medicine in anti-doping for which the IOC is responsible in collaboration with WADA and ITA.