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Ministry of Health (Russia)

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Formed
  
2012

Minister responsible
  
Veronika Skvortsova

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Russia

Ministry of Health (Russia)

Preceding agency
  
Ministry of Health and Social Development

Headquarters
  
Rakhmanovsky pereulok 3, Moscow

Annual budget
  
375.6 billion rouble (FY 2011)

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации, in short Russian: Минздрав России Minzdrav Rossii) is an agency of the government of Russia, headquartered in Moscow. It is successor of the former Ministry of Health and Social Development which in 2012 under Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was split in two, with the social security departments being relegated to the newly formed Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Since then, Veronika Skvortsova has been the minister.

Duties

Its main official responsibilities include:

  • developing and implementing state policy in healthcare;
  • developing and implementing federal health programs, including initiatives on

    • diabetes, tuberculosis, health promotion, health education, disease prevention etc.;

  • developing draft legislation and presenting it to the State Duma;
  • governance of federal medical facilities;
  • medical education and manpower development;
  • epidemiological and environmental health monitoring and health statistics;
  • control of infectious diseases;
  • development of health regulations;
  • development of federal standards and recommendations for quality assurance;
  • development and implementation of federal health programs
  • control and licensing of drugs.

    • References

    Ministry of Health (Russia) Wikipedia
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