Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health is the name of the ministry (or, in common parlance, comparable departments) that is responsible for the agendas of a state's health system . The minister responsible for this is the Minister of Health or State Secretary for Health .

As with all portfolios, the health function does not necessarily have to be the main function of the body, so that there is no reference to it in the name.

Only the ministries and acting ministers currently installed are included in the list. The relevant specialist articles provide information on the respective predecessors / runners. The list is incomplete.

country	Ministry	short	minister
Denmark	Ministeriet for Sundhed and Forebyggelse
Democratic Republic of Congo	Ministère de la Santé		Oly Ilunga Kalenga
Germany	Federal Ministry of Health	BMG	→ List of federal and state governments
Italy	Ministero della Salute		→ list
Japan	Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs	MHLW
Liechtenstein	Ministry of Society
Lithuania	Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania)	SAM
Luxembourg	Ministry of Health	MS
Namibia	Ministry of Health and Social Services (Department of Health and Human Services)	MHSS	→ List (health and social ministers)
Austria	Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (→ historical )	BMSGPK	→ List (public health / health)
East Timor	Ministry of Health of East Timor	MS	→ List of East Timor’s Health Ministers
Poland	Ministerial Office Zdrowia	MZ
Switzerland	Federal Department of the Interior	EDI / BAG
United States	Ministry of Health and Social Services	HHS
Turkey	Ministry of Health (Turkey)

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Federal Office of Public Health