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
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
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
^"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.
^"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.
^"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