Public health and healthcare

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.

Ministry of Health (Prague, CZ)

Ministerstvo zdravotnictví (Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic), Prague-based central authority for health care, public health protection, drugs, spas, health insurance, and the health information system; led by Minister Adam Vojtěch since December 2025.

Ministry of Health (Santiago, CL)

Ministry of Health of Chile (Ministerio de Salud, MINSAL), Santiago-based ministry directing national health policy and sanitary authority; created 1959, restructured 1979; led since March 2026 by Minister May Chomali with two undersecretariats and 29 Health Services.

Ministry of Health (Singapore, SG)

Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore's health ministry at College of Medicine Building, led by Ong Ye Kung; oversees HPB, HSA, CDA, three healthcare clusters, HCSA licensing, S+3Ms financing, and Healthier SG.

Ministry of Health (Thimphu, BT)

Ministry of Health (གསོ་བ་ལྷན་ཁག), Bhutan's health ministry in Kawajangsa, Thimphu, headed by Minister Tandin Wangchuk; runs free constitutional healthcare, the decennial National Health Survey, BHSQA quality standards, and HTA.

Ministry of Health (Ulaanbaatar, MN)

Ministry of Health (Эрүүл мэндийн яам), Mongolia's national health ministry in Ulaanbaatar, founded 1925, leads health policy, social health insurance reform, cancer and TB control, and health security under the State Policy on Health 2017–2026.

Ministry of Health (Victoria, CA)

The Ministry of Health is the British Columbia government department, based in Victoria, that funds health authorities and runs the province's medical insurance and drug programs.

Ministry of Health (Vientiane, LA)

The Ministry of Health of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, based in Vientiane, directs national healthcare policy, oversees the public health system, and pursues universal health coverage.

Ministry of Health (Wellington, NZ)

Manatū Hauora, New Zealand's Ministry of Health in Wellington: lead advisor to government on health, chief steward of the health system, regulator and monitor, administrator of Vote Health under the Pae Ora Act 2022.

Ministry of Health (Yangon, MM)

Ministry of Health of Myanmar (ကျန်းမာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန), the Union ministry governing healthcare delivery through departments of Public Health, Medical Services, and others, led by Union Minister Dr Thet Khaing Win, pursuing universal health coverage amid a severe post-2021 health crisis.

Ministry of Health (Zagreb, HR)

Ministry of Health (Ministarstvo zdravstva), Croatia's health ministry in Zagreb at Ksaver 200a. Central steward and regulator of the Croatian health system, working alongside the single purchaser CHIF; minister Irena Hrstić since December 2024.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India's national health ministry under Minister J.P. Nadda; two departments (Health & Family Welfare, Health Research), attached DGHS and NHA; runs NHM, PM-JAY, IPHS; 2026-27 budget ₹1,06,530.42 crore.

Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME), Iran's central health governing body since 1985, oversees hospitals, public health, and all medical universities; runs the 1997 hospital grading program and the 2014 Health Transformation Plan.

Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Минздрав России), federal executive body for health policy, medicines, and medical insurance; created May 2012 from the split of the Ministry of Health and Social Development; headed by Minister Mikhail Murashko.

Minnesota Department of Health

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is Minnesota's state public health agency, headquartered in Saint Paul and employing over 2,000 people, charged with protecting the health of all Minnesotans.

Minority Health

Minority health: the physical and mental health of minority groups and related health disparities; NIMHD and HHS OMH definitions, MeSH indexing, US institutional history, WHO social determinants, and intervention evidence.

Mission Indradhanush

Mission Indradhanush, India's 2014 catch-up vaccination campaign under the Universal Immunization Programme, targets unvaccinated children and pregnant women in low-coverage districts; its Intensified variant began 2017.

MISTICH trial

MISTICH names two unrelated intracerebral hemorrhage trials: a 2014 Chinese 20-center randomized trial of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and NCT07338175, a recruiting Beijing Tiantan phase III trial of 5-day oral minocycline in 1192 patients.

Mitzi L. Duxbury

Mitzi L. Duxbury was an American nurse educator who built the University of Minnesota's nursing doctoral program and served as the fifth dean of the UIC College of Nursing.

MLS study

MLS study, the Maternal Lifestyle Study (NCT00059540), a 1993-2011 US NICHD Neonatal Research Network observational cohort following 1,388 children prenatally exposed to cocaine or opiates to age 16.

MNH study

MNH study (Maternal Newborn Health Registry, MNHR, NCT01073475): NICHD Global Network prospective population-based pregnancy registry since 2008, enrolling about 60,000 women yearly across seven LMIC sites, tracking stillbirth, neonatal, and maternal mortality to 42 days postpartum.

Mobile Health Units

Mobile Health Units (MHUs, mobile clinics, mobile medical units) are portable facilities delivering diagnostic and therapeutic care to underserved, rural, and conflict-affected communities, defined in MeSH since 1970 and deployed at national scale in the US and India.

MODEST study

MODEST (NCT06077305) is a 20,000-patient observational registry by Beijing Tiantan Hospital studying microcirculatory disorders in cerebral small vessel disease and ischemic stroke, with outcomes on recurrence, mRS disability, cognition, and real-world drug treatment.

Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) is a free-standing NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, opened in 1986, comprehensive since 2001, and the only such center based in Florida.