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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), created by Executive Order 2015-4 effective April 10, 2015 by merging the departments of Community Health and Human Services; Michigan's largest state agency, administering Medicaid, public health, child welfare, and public assistance in all 83 counties.
Michigan Medicine
Michigan Medicine is the University of Michigan's academic medical center in Ann Arbor, formerly the University of Michigan Health System (renamed 2017). It includes U-M Health, the Medical School, and Michigan Health Corporation; medical school founded 1850, first university-owned hospital 1869.
Mickey S. Eisenberg
Mickey S. Eisenberg is an American emergency physician and resuscitation scientist, a University of Washington professor emeritus who shaped Seattle/King County's leading cardiac arrest response system.
Microplastics and human health
Microplastics and human health concerns the effects of microscopic plastic particles, which humans ingest and inhale and which have been detected in blood, lungs, placenta, and arterial plaque.
MILD trial
MILD (Multicentric Italian Lung Detection) trial, Italian randomized trial begun 2005 comparing annual vs biennial low-dose CT lung cancer screening with no screening in 4,099 heavy smokers; reported 39% lung cancer mortality reduction with prolonged screening.
Military Hospitals
Military hospitals treat service members and usually dependents, from ancient rear-tent care to modern MTFs; the US system runs 700+ facilities, nine Defense Health Networks, and field hospitals for 9.5 million beneficiaries.
Military Medical Academy
Military Medical Academy (VMA, Војномедицинска академија), Belgrade: Serbia's central military hospital and medical school, founded 1844 as Central Military Hospital, Medical Faculty of the University of Defence since 2011.
Military medicine
Military medicine is the branch of medicine treating battlefield casualties from point of injury through evacuation, surgery, and rehabilitation, and maintaining the health of armed forces.
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.