Ministry of Health (Russia)

Ministry of Health
Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации
Agency overview
Formed 2012
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Health and Social Development
Jurisdiction Government of Russia
Headquarters Rakhmanovsky pereulok 3, Moscow
55°45′54.94″N 37°37′6.97″E / 55.7652611°N 37.6186028°E / 55.7652611; 37.6186028Coordinates: 55°45′54.94″N 37°37′6.97″E / 55.7652611°N 37.6186028°E / 55.7652611; 37.6186028
Annual budget 375.6 billion rouble (FY 2011)[1]
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • Service of Supervision in the Sphere of Public Health Services
  • Medical and Biologic Agency
Website www.rosminzdrav.ru

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation[2] (Russian: Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации, in short Russian: Минздрав России Minzdrav Rossii) is an agency of the government of Russia, headquartered in Moscow.[3] 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:

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

References

  1. "Basic parameters of the Russian draft federal budget for 2011"
  2. White House Announces Cabinet Members
  3. "Справочные телефоны, адрес и схема проезда." Ministry of Health and Social Development. Retrieved on 4 December 2010. "127994, ГСП-4, г. Москва, Рахмановский пер, д. 3"

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