Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Tanzania)

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is a government ministry of Tanzania. Central offices are located in Dar es Salaam.

Contents 1 Organization and operations 1.1 Office of the Chief Medical Officer 1.2 Preventive Health Services Division 1.3 Curative Health Services Division 1.4 Human Resources Development Division 1.5 Health Policy and Planning Division 1.6 Administration and Personnel Division 1.7 Accounts 1.8 Internal Audit 1.9 Executive Agencies 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

Organization and operations

The Ministry supports many various programs, agencies, projects, professional associations and state corporations. ^{[1] [2]}

The structure of the Ministry proper includes:^[3]

Office of the Chief Medical Officer

• Nursing Services
• Health Services Inspectorate
• Primary Health Care

Preventive Health Services Division

• Epidemiology and disease control
• Reproductive health and child health
• Environmental health and Sanitation
• Health education

Curative Health Services Division

• National hospital services
• Regional, district and private health services; health centers
• Pharmaceutical services
• Diagnostic services
• Traditional medicine

Human Resources Development Division

• Human resources
• Allied health sciences training
• Nursing training
• Continuing education

Health Policy and Planning Division

• Budget, policy and planning
• Health information and research

Administration and Personnel Division

• Administration
• Personnel

Accounts

• Accounting

Internal Audit

• Internal audit

Executive Agencies

• Semi-autonomous governmental organizations; state corporations involved in healthcare.

References

See also

• Government of Tanzania

External links

• Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Tanzanian government ministries Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives • Education and Vocational Training • East African Cooperation • Energy and Minerals • Finance and Economic Affairs • Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation • Health and Social Welfare • Higher Education, Science and Technology • Industry, Trade and Marketing • Information, Culture and Sports • Infrastructure Development • Livestock Development and Fisheries • Natural Resources and Tourism • Water and Irrigation