A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Country-related articles and lists
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Albania: Ministry of Health (Albania)
Argentina: Ministry of Health (Argentina)
Australia: Minister for Health (Australia)
Austria: Minister of Health (Austria)
Azerbaijan: Ministry of Healthcare (Azerbaijan)
Bahamas: Ministry of Health (Bahamas)
Bahrain: Ministry of Health (Bahrain)
Barbados: Ministry of Health and Wellness (Barbados)
Belgium: Ministry of Public Health (Belgium)
Bhutan: Ministry of Health (Bhutan)
Bolivia: Ministry of Health (Bolivia)
Botswana: Ministry of Health and Wellness (Botswana)
Brazil: Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Brunei: Ministry of Health (Brunei)
Cambodia: Ministry of Health, Cambodia
Canada: Minister of Health (Canada)
Chile: Ministry of Health (Chile)
People's Republic of China:
- Mainland China: Minister in charger of the National Health Commission
- formerly Minister of Health
Hong Kong: Secretary for Food and Health
- Mainland China: Minister in charger of the National Health Commission
Colombia: Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Colombia)
Czech Republic: Ministry of Health (Czech Republic)
Cyprus: Minister of Health (Cyprus)
Denmark: Health Minister (Denmark)
Ecuador: Minister of Health (Ecuador)
European Union: European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
France: Minister of Health (France)
Germany: Federal Minister for Health (Germany)
Greece: Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (Greece)
Guyana: Ministry of Health (Guyana)
Iceland: Ministry of Welfare (Iceland)
India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Indonesia: Ministry of Health (Indonesia)
Iran: Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Iraq: Minister of Health (Iraq)
Ireland: Minister for Health (Ireland)
Israel: Ministry of Health (Israel)
Italy: Ministry of Health (Italy)
Japan: Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
Lithuania: Ministry of Health (Lithuania)
Malaysia: Minister of Health (Malaysia)
Mexico: Secretary of Health (Mexico)
Moldova: Ministry of Health (Moldova)
Myanmar: Ministry of Health and Sports (Myanmar)
Nepal: Minister of Health and Population (Nepal)
Netherlands: Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
New Zealand: Minister of Health (New Zealand)
Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)
North Macedonia: Ministry of Health (North Macedonia)
Pakistan: Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination
Peru: Ministry of Health (Peru)
Philippines: Secretary of Health or DOH Secretary
Poland: Ministry of Health (Poland)
Portugal: Ministry of Health (Portugal)
Russia: Ministry of Health (Russia)
Singapore: Ministry of Health (Singapore)
South Africa: Minister of Health (South Africa)
South Korea: Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea)
Soviet Union: Ministry of Health (Soviet Union)
Spain: Ministry of Health (Spain)
Republic of China (Taiwan): Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China)
Thailand: Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)
Turkey: Ministry of Health (Turkey)
Uganda: Uganda Ministry of Health
Ukraine: Ministry of Healthcare (Ukraine)
United Kingdom:
Tanzania: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania
Uruguay: Uruguayan Minister of Health
United States: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Venezuela: Ministry of Health (Venezuela)
Vietnam: Ministry of Health (Vietnam)
See also
[edit]- Minister of Mental Health
- Ministry of Health (disambiguation)
- List of health departments and ministries
- All pages with titles containing Minister of Health
- All pages with titles containing Health Minister
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