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Department of Health (Taipei, TW)
Department of Health, Taipei City Government (臺北市政府衛生局), the city's first-level public health agency with 9 divisions and 6 offices, overseeing Taipei City Hospital and 12 district health centers; reorganized in 2005 and 2017.
Department of Health (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES)
Department of Health (Departamento de Salud, Osasun Saila) of the Basque Government, headquartered in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It directs Basque health policy and Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud; minister Alberto Martínez Ruiz since June 2024.
Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is the UK government department responsible for England's health and care system, with planned spending of £215.6 billion in 2025-26.
Department of Junín
Department of Junín, Peru: central Andean department, capital Huancayo, 9 provinces, 124 districts, about 44,000 km2; created 1823, renamed for the 1824 battle; population about 1.25 million (2017 census).
Department of La Libertad
Department of La Libertad (Departamento de La Libertad), a Pacific-coast department of El Salvador created in 1865, capital Santa Tecla, home to Puerto de La Libertad, Surf City surf beaches, Joya de Cerén, and San Andrés.
Department of Lima
Department of Lima (Departamento de Lima), a Peruvian department on the central Pacific coast and Andes containing the capital. Area 34,948.57 km²; Lima Metropolitana holds 9.6 million people (2025 census); its capital province is independent of any regional government.
Department of Loreto
Department of Loreto (Departamento de Loreto), Peru's largest department at 368,851.95 km² (28.70% of the country), capital Iquitos, 8 provinces, 53 districts, created 7 February 1866; Amazonian lowland region bordering Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil.
Department of Madre de Dios
Department of Madre de Dios, Peru's southeastern Amazonian department with capital Puerto Maldonado, created by Law 1782 in 1912, three provinces, 8.5 million hectares, biodiversity capital, center of illegal gold mining and deforestation.
Department of Motor Vehicles (Taiwan)
In Taiwan, the departments of motor vehicles are the seven Motor Vehicles Offices (监理所) and their stations, Highway Bureau agencies handling licensing, registration, inspection, and fees.
Department of Panama
The Department of Panama (Departamento de Panamá) was the centralized Colombian administrative unit that replaced the State of Panama in 1886 and ended with Panama's 1903 secession.
Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh is a graduate and research department, built into one of the world's top philosophy units largely by Nicholas Rescher.
Department of Posts (Sri Lanka)
The Department of Posts of Sri Lanka, known as Sri Lanka Post, is the government department handling postal, courier, and financial services, tracing its origins to 1798.
Department of Puno
The Department of Puno, also known as the Puno region, is a department of southeastern Peru on the Collao plateau beside Lake Titicaca, with the city of Puno as its capital.
Department of School Education (Tamil Nadu)
Department of School Education (Tamil Nadu), also called the School Education Department, runs the state's government schooling, board examinations, teacher recruitment, and welfare schemes such as Pudhumai Penn, Tamil Pudhalvan, and the Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme.
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Kagawaran ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad: Philippine cabinet department for social protection, founded 1987 from the MSSD under EO 123; runs 4Ps, AICS, SocPen; 2026 budget Php264.45 billion.
Department of State Affairs (Shangshu Sheng)
The Department of State Affairs (尚书省) was a central executive department of imperial China directing the six ministries, twice revived under the Yuan dynasty from 1309.
Department of Telecommunications (India)
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is the Government of India department under the Ministry of Communications that formulates telecom policy, grants licenses, manages radio spectrum, and administers rural telecom funds.
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG, Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), Philippine executive department under RA 6975 overseeing local government units, peace and order, the SGLG award program, and barangay development.
Department of the Treasury (Australia)
The Department of the Treasury is the Australian Government's central economic agency, advising on economic, fiscal, and monetary policy and overseeing bodies including the tax office and Reserve Bank.
Department of Transport and Main Roads
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is the Queensland Government department responsible for roads, vehicle registration, driver licensing, and transport regulation, formed in March 2009.
Department store
Department store: large multi-department retail establishment selling apparel, home goods, and furnishings; pioneered by Paris' Au Bon Marché (1852) and A.T. Stewart's Marble Palace; heyday 1870s–1960s; now shrinking via Saks bankruptcy and Macy's closures.
Departments of Colombia
Departments of Colombia (departamentos): the 32 first-level territorial subdivisions plus the Bogotá Capital District, autonomous entities under the 1991 Constitution headed by elected governors, coded by DANE's DIVIPOLA system.
Departments of France
Departments of France (départements): intermediate territorial units created in 1790 with 83 departments, now 101, each with an elected council; competencies include social action, collèges, and roads; Mayotte becomes Département-Région in 2026.
Departure (Journey album)
Departure, Journey's sixth studio album (1980, Columbia), produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson, peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with singles "Any Way You Want It" and "Walks Like a Lady", and was the band's last album with founding keyboardist-vocalist Gregg Rolie before Jonathan Cain joined.
Departure (TV series)
Departure is a Canadian-British thriller drama television series created by Vincent Shiao, starring Archie Panjabi as aviation investigator Kendra Malley, with Christopher Plummer in his final role.
Departure and Return
Departure and Return (Chujing Rubi tu) is a pair of Ming dynasty handscrolls at the National Palace Museum in Taipei depicting a Ming emperor's tomb visit.
Departure(s)
Departure(s) is Julian Barnes's 2026 novel, announced as his final book: an autofiction in which narrator Julian recounts twice matchmaking his friends Stephen and Jean, 40 years apart, mixed with memoir of memory, illness, and aging.
Departures (2025 film)
Departures (2025) is a British LGBTQ+ comedy-drama, 82 minutes, co-directed by Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, about Benji and Jake's secret Amsterdam trips that turn toxic; premiered at BFI Flare 2025.
Departures (おくりびと) (2008 film)
Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a 2008 Japanese drama directed by Yojiro Takita, starring Masahiro Motoki as a cellist who becomes a nōkanshi encoffiner; first Japanese film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Depatuxizumab mafodotin
Depatuxizumab mafodotin (depatux-m, ABT-414) is AbbVie's anti-EGFR antibody-drug conjugate carrying MMAF, tested in EGFR-amplified glioblastoma; INTELLANCE-1 phase III showed no overall survival benefit and development was discontinued.