• Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

      • The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW; Chinese: 衛生福利部; pinyin: Wèishēng Fúlì Bù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ōe-seng Hok-lī Pō͘) is the Executive Yuan ministry responsible for the administration of the public health system, social welfare, affordable and universal health care, hospitals, pharmaceutical, immunization programs, disease prevention, supervision and coordination of local health agencies in Taiwan.


      History



      The ministry was originally established on 17 March 1971 as the Department of Health (DOH; Chinese: 衛生署; pinyin: Wèishēng Shǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ōe-seng Sú). The department was upgraded to Ministry of Health and Welfare on 23 July 2013 with the addition from the agencies in the Ministry of the Interior responsible for social welfare following restructuring of the Executive Yuan.
      The original building of the MOHW was located at Datong District, Taipei when it was still named the Department of Health and being renamed Ministry of Health and Welfare. The Executive Yuan approved the construction for the new building of the then Department of Health in 2007 at Nangang District, Taipei. After years of planning and construction, the building was finally completed in May 2014. On 18 June 2014, the opening ceremony of the new MOHW building was attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, legislators, and representatives from various government agencies and related organizations.


      Organizational structure




      = Political departments

      =
      Department of Planning
      Department of Social Insurance
      Department of Social Assistance and Social Work
      Department of Protective Service
      Department of Nursing and Health Care
      Department of Medical Affairs
      Department of Mental Health
      Department of Oral Health
      Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy


      = Administrative departments

      =
      Department of Secretarial Affairs
      Department of Personnel
      Department of Civil Service Ethics
      Department of Accounting
      Department of Statistics
      Department of Information Management
      Legal Affairs Committee
      Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission
      National Health Insurance Administration
      National Health Insurance Dispute Mediation Committee
      Health and Welfare Workers Training Center
      Office of International Cooperation
      National Pension Supervisory Committee


      = Agencies

      =
      Social and Family Affairs Administration
      Centers for Disease Control
      Food and Drug Administration
      Health Promotion Administration
      National Health Insurance Administration


      List of ministers


      Kuomintang
      Democratic Progressive Party
      Non-partisan/ unknown


      Transportation


      The MOHW building is accessible within walking distance East from Kunyang Station of Taipei Metro.


      See also


      Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan)
      Healthcare in Taiwan
      National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan)
      Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (Taiwan)
      Executive Yuan


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Media related to Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China) at Wikimedia Commons

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