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Ministry of Health (Israel)

The Ministry of Health (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת, translit. Misrad HaBri'ut) is a ministry in the Israeli government, responsible for formulating health policies. The ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services.[1] In addition to overseeing health services provided by Kupat Holim and family health centers such as Tipat Halav, the ministry maintains general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment programs for substance abuse, and facilities for the chronically ill.[2]

The current Minister of Health is Uriel Buso

History

In January 2021, the ministry entered a collaborative agreement with Pfizer granting the company access to Israel citizens' personal electronic medical records in order to observe the real-world safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine product.[3]

In February 2022, the ministry banned medical professionals in Israel from providing conversion therapy.[4]

List of ministers

Deputy ministers

See also

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Health Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Health Services in Israel
  3. ^ Levy, Chezy (2021-01-06). "Real-world epidemiological evidence collaboration agreement" (PDF). Knowledge Ecology International. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  4. ^ "Health Ministry formally bans LGBTQ conversion therapy". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  5. ^ "Cabinet okays Litzman as health minister, drawing fury of Australia's Jews". The Times of Israel.
  6. ^ "דרעי ממשיך לחפש פרצה: מונו ממלאי מקום במשרדיו - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

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