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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省) (Japan)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省, Gaimusho) is Japan's foreign ministry, founded August 15, 1869 under the Shokuin-ryo. It runs ten bureaus, consular and ODA work, the Diplomatic Archives, and the Diplomatic Bluebook, headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo.
Ministry of Greater East Asia
The Ministry of Greater East Asia (大東亜省, Daitōa-shō) was a ministry of the Empire of Japan, established in 1942 to administer occupied Asia and abolished in 1945.
Ministry of Health (Abu Dhabi, AE)
Ministry of Health (Abu Dhabi, AE) refers to the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), formerly HAAD, the emirate-level regulator of Abu Dhabi's healthcare sector, established by Law No. 1 of 2007, issuing policies, standards, and circulars and overseeing mandatory health insurance.
Ministry of Health (Accra, GH)
Ministry of Health (MoH), Accra, Ghana's health ministry under Act 525 (1996); handles policy, financing, and monitoring while Ghana Health Service delivers care; 31 agencies; current minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh; flagship Free Primary Healthcare policy launched April 2026.
Ministry of Health (Amman, JO)
Jordan's Ministry of Health (وزارة الصحة), headquartered in Amman, established December 14, 1950, runs Jordan's public health system: preventive and curative services, health insurance, 383 PHC clinics, and Public Health Law No. 47 of 2008.
Ministry of Health (Ankara, TR)
Ministry of Health (Sağlık Bakanlığı), Türkiye's Ankara-based health ministry led by Kemal Memişoğlu since July 2024; runs 941 hospitals, led the 2003 Health Transformation Programme and universal health insurance, and pursues the Healthy Türkiye Century agenda.
Ministry of Health (Athens, GR)
Ministry of Health (Υπουργείο Υγείας), Greek government ministry in Athens at 17 Aristotelous St. Oversees the National Health System (ESY), EOPYY, EODY, and medicines bodies; Minister Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis since 4 January 2024.
Ministry of Health (Bridgetown, BB)
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Barbados (Bridgetown/St. Michael): the public-sector health executing agency under the Health Services Act Cap 44 (1969), led by Minister Lisa Cummins, running nine polyclinics, free point-of-delivery care, and the Barbados Drug Service.
Ministry of Health (Budapest, HU)
Ministry of Health (Egészségügyi Minisztérium), Hungary's Budapest-based health ministry at Fő utca 44–50, led by minister Hegedűs Zsolt; re-established in 2026 under Act XIII of 2026, directing NEAK, public health, and hospital governance.
Ministry of Health (Hanoi, VN)
Ministry of Health (Bộ Y tế), Vietnam's health ministry headquartered at 138 A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Hanoi. Founded 28 August 1945; manages preventive medicine, hospitals, food safety, and health insurance, with 93.35% coverage in 2023.
Ministry of Health (Kampala, UG)
Ministry of Health (Uganda), headquartered at Plot 6 Lourdel Road, Kampala: the government body leading the health sector, overseeing policy, immunization, disease outbreak response, and health financing for Universal Health Coverage.
Ministry of Health (Kigali, RW)
Ministry of Health of Rwanda (Minisiteri y'Ubuzima), Kigali-based ministry governing health policy, HSSP V 2024/25–2028/29 targeting UHC by 2030, 4x4 workforce reform, CBHI insurance over 90% coverage, led by Minister Sabin Nsanzimana.
Ministry of Health (Kingston, JM)
The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, is the government ministry overseeing the island's public health system through four Regional Health Authorities created by the 1997 National Health Services Act, with 316 health centres and 24 public hospitals.
Ministry of Health (Kyiv, UA)
Ministry of Health of Ukraine (Міністерство охорони здоров'я України), Kyiv-based central executive body forming state health policy; runs PMG financing with NHSU, immunization calendar, wartime health system.
Ministry of Health (Lilongwe, MW)
Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Malawi), based in Lilongwe, is the national health ministry overseeing policy, five central hospitals, PHIM, and HSSP III 2023–2030, tracing to 1891 colonial rule.
Ministry of Health (Lima, PE)
Ministry of Health of Peru (Ministerio de Salud, Minsa), Lima-based national health authority created 5 October 1935 by Ley Nº 8124; renamed 1942 and 1968; rector of Peru's segmented, decentralized health system.
Ministry of Health (Lisbon, PT)
Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde), Lisbon: Portugal's government department directing national health policy and the SNS; created 1958, organic law Decree-Law 124/2011, minister Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho since June 2025.
Ministry of Health (Ljubljana, SI)
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia (Ministrstvo za zdravje), Ljubljana-based government department for health policy and healthcare regulation; minister since June 2026 is Dr Tadej Ostrc, succeeding Valentina Prevolnik Rupel.
Ministry of Health (Luanda, AO)
Ministério da Saúde (MINSA), Angola's Ministry of Health in Luanda, defines and implements the National Health Policy and oversees the National Health Service (SNS), with about 106,791 health professionals and health spending of 2.6% of GDP.
Ministry of Health (Lusaka, ZM)
The Ministry of Health of Zambia, headquartered in Lusaka, is the government ministry responsible for health policy, regulation, and public health services, and works through provincial offices.
Ministry of Health (Madrid, ES)
Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Sanidad), Spain's Madrid-based health department created 4 July 1977 as Ministerio de Sanidad y Seguridad Social; plans and regulates the SNS, coordinates 17 autonomous communities via the CISNS; current minister Mónica García Gómez.
Ministry of Health (Mbabane, SZ)
Ministry of Health of Eswatini (Swaziland), headquartered on Mhlambanyatsi Road, Mbabane; led by Minister Mduduzi Matsebula; runs national health services, PMTCT, TB/HIV programs, and pursues universal health coverage.
Ministry of Health (Minsk, BY)
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus (Минздрав), Minsk-based national health authority founded 1919; regulates, plans, and funds Belarus's centralized Semashko-style universal health system.
Ministry of Health (Muscat, OM)
Ministry of Health (وزارة الصحة), Oman's Muscat-headquartered health ministry, established 1970; runs government-funded healthcare free for Omanis, five-year plans since 1976, National Health Policy 2025, Oman Vision 2040 health priority.
Ministry of Health (Nairobi, KE)
Ministry of Health (Kenya), MoH, Afya House Nairobi: national ministry for health policy, regulation, referral facilities, and county technical assistance; runs NPHL, KMTC, KEMSA, NPHI, and UHC reforms.
Ministry of Health (Nassau, BS)
Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), Nassau, Bahamas: government ministry led by Dr. Michael Darville overseeing the Department of Public Health, Public Hospitals Authority, NHI Bahamas, and the National Health Strategy 2026–2030.
Ministry of Health (Nicosia, CY)
Ministry of Health (Υπουργείο Υγείας) of the Republic of Cyprus, established 1960 and seated in Nicosia; runs health policy, public hospitals, GeSY oversight, public health services, and professional councils.
Ministry of Health (Nuku'alofa, TO)
Ministry of Health of Tonga, based at Vaiola Hospital, Nuku'alofa; government department administering preventive and curative health services under the Health Services Act 1991 through four island-group districts and six divisions.
Ministry of Health (Phnom Penh, KH)
Ministry of Health (Cambodia), Phnom Penh-based government ministry solely responsible for Cambodian health care under a 1997 sub-decree; runs the three-level district health system, health reforms since 1995, H-EQIP, and DHIS2.
Ministry of Health (Podgorica, ME)
Ministry of Health (Ministarstvo zdravlja), Montenegro's health ministry in Podgorica at Rimski trg 46, headed by Minister Vojislav Šimun; creates health policy, oversees the Health Insurance Fund, 18 PHC centres and the Clinical Centre, and runs the eHealth portal.