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Minimally invasive veterinary procedures
Minimally invasive veterinary procedures are surgical and diagnostic techniques in animals that use endoscopes and image guidance instead of large open incisions, including laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.
Minimaze procedure
The minimaze procedures, also written mini maze, are minimally invasive cardiac operations intended to cure atrial fibrillation, created through small chest incisions without sternotomy or bypass.
Minimum Data Set (nursing)
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized assessment required for every resident of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, driving care planning, payment, and quality measures.
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC): the lowest antimicrobial concentration inhibiting visible microbial growth, measured by broth microdilution (ISO 20776-1, CLSI M07) and interpreted with clinical breakpoints S, I, R.
Minimum tillage
Minimum tillage is a soil-management practice for crop production that disturbs soil as little as possible with non-inversion tillage, cutting passes by at least 40% versus conventional plowing.
Miniopterus
Miniopterus, bent-winged or long-fingered bats, is the sole genus of the bat family Miniopteridae, defined by an elongated third-finger phalanx; a 2007 molecular study dated its divergence at 49–38 MYA and revealed extensive cryptic species.
Miniopterus schreibersii
Miniopterus schreibersii, Schreiber's bent-winged bat or common bentwing bat, is a cave-roosting Miniopteridae bat from SW Europe and NW Africa to the Caucasus, IUCN Vulnerable A2c since 2023 after a 30% decline.
Minister of Fisheries (New Zealand)
The Minister of Fisheries, formally Minister for Oceans and Fisheries since 2023, is New Zealand's minister responsible for fisheries, aquaculture, and oceans policy under the Fisheries Act 1996.
Ministernotomy
Ministernotomy is a cardiac surgical technique that divides only the upper part of the sternum through a small incision, used mainly for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय)
MoEFCC (पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय) is India's nodal ministry for environment, forest, wildlife, pollution control, and climate change policy, headquartered at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi, under Minister Bhupender Yadav, with a Rs 3,413 crore budget for 2025-26.
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (Namibia)
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), Namibia's fisheries ministry from 1991 to March 2025, when it merged into the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform; administered TACs, quotas, observers and IUU enforcement under the Marine Resources Act 2000.
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (Solomon Islands)
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is the Solomon Islands government ministry managing fisheries from coastlines to the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone.
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.