Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

Ministry of the Republic of China

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW; Chinese: 衛生福利部; pinyin: Wèishēng Fúlì Bù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ōe-seng Hok-lī Pō͘) is the Executive Yuan ministry responsible for the administration of the public health system, social welfare, affordable and universal health care, hospitals, pharmaceutical, immunization programs, disease prevention, supervision and coordination of local health agencies in Taiwan.^[1]

History

Former Ministry of Health and Welfare building in Nanjing.

Former Ministry of Health and Welfare building in Taipei (until 2014).

The ministry was originally established on 17 March 1971 as the Department of Health (DOH; Chinese: 衛生署; pinyin: Wèishēng Shǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ōe-seng Sú). The department was upgraded to Ministry of Health and Welfare on 23 July 2013 with the addition from the agencies in the Ministry of the Interior responsible for social welfare following restructuring of the Executive Yuan.

The original building of the MOHW was located at Datong District, Taipei when it was still named the Department of Health and being renamed Ministry of Health and Welfare. The Executive Yuan approved the construction for the new building of the then Department of Health in 2007 at Nangang District, Taipei. After years of planning and construction, the building was finally completed in May 2014. On 18 June 2014, the opening ceremony of the new MOHW building was attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, legislators, and representatives from various government agencies and related organizations.^[2]

Organizational structure

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Centers for Disease Control

Food and Drug Administration

Political departments

• Department of Planning
• Department of Social Insurance
• Department of Social Assistance and Social Work
• Department of Protective Service
• Department of Nursing and Health Care
• Department of Medical Affairs
• Department of Mental Health
• Department of Oral Health
• Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy

Administrative departments

• Department of Secretarial Affairs
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Civil Service Ethics
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Information Management
• Legal Affairs Committee
• Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission
• National Health Insurance Administration
• National Health Insurance Dispute Mediation Committee
• Health and Welfare Workers Training Center
• Office of International Cooperation
• National Pension Supervisory Committee

Agencies

• Social and Family Affairs Administration
• Centers for Disease Control
• Food and Drug Administration
• Health Promotion Administration
• National Health Insurance Administration

List of ministers

  Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party  Non-partisan/ unknown

Transportation

The MOHW building is accessible within walking distance East from Kunyang Station of Taipei Metro.

See also

• Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan)
• Healthcare in Taiwan
• National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan)
• Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (Taiwan)
• Executive Yuan

References

1. "Ministry of Health and Welfare - Mission - the mission and vision of the MOHW". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
2. "Ministry of Health and Welfare - MOHW News - the Ministry of Health and Welfare Building to be Opened Today, Creating Another Milestone in the Integration of Health and Welfare". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
3. "詹啟賢：我辭職才參選 郝龍斌還在位子上 | 要聞 | 即時". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-25.

External links

• Official website
• Media related to Ministry of Health and Welfare (Republic of China) at Wikimedia Commons