Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform
The Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform (MSPRH) is the health ministry of Republic of Algeria. It is located in El Madania, a municipality of Algiers. The Ministry is responsible for public health facilities and population monitoring.[1][2] The Minister is a member of the Council of Ministers of Algeria, which reports to the President of Algeria as part of the executive branch of the government.
Arabic: وزارة الصحة و السكان وإصلاح المستشفيات French: Ministère de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme Hospitalière | |
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Formed | 1962 |
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Type | Public health |
Jurisdiction | Republic of Algeria |
Headquarters | 125, Bd Abderrahmane Laala, El Madania, Algiers, Algeria 36.74733158813259°N 3.062108381753797°E |
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Website | sante |
History
The Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform was formerly the Ministry of Health and Population. The name was changed in about 2000.[3]
The ministry has organized the country into five regions with 5 Health Regional Councils (CRS) and 5 Regional Health Observatories (RHAs). At the Provincial level, there are 48 Directorates of Health and Population (one per province).[4]
Ministers
The current minister is Abdel Rahman Binbouzid (term: January 2, 2020–January 2, 2025).[5] Former ministers include:[6]
- fr:Abderrahmane Benbouzid (January 4, 2020– )
- Mohamed Miraoui (2019–2020)
- Mokhtar Hasbellaoui (2017–2019)
- fr:Abdelmalek Boudiaf (2013–2017)
- fr:Abdelaziz Ziari (2012–2013)
- fr:Said Barkat, Minister of Health (2008–2010)
- fr:Amor Tou (2005–2008)
- fr:Nafissa Hamoud, Minister of Health (early 1990s)
- fr:Amara Benyounes, adminstrator of the Ministry of Health (1988–1990)
- Kasdi Merbah, Minister of Health (1988)
- fr:Mohamed Seghir Nekkache, Minister of Health (1962–1965)
Organization
The Ministry is organized into the following units:
- General Secretariat
- Minister's office
- Inspector General
- General Directorate of Prevention and Promotion of Health
- Directorate for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
- Noncommunicable Diseases Directorate
- Socio-environmental prevention department
- Under Directorate of Immunization Programs and Health Promotion.
- Sub-Directorate for the fight against prevalent diseases and health alert
- Sub-Directorate for the prevention of non-communicable diseases and the fight against risk factors
- Department of specific health actions
- Mental Health Promotion Department
- Environment and Food Risk Prevention Department
- General Directorate of Health Services and Hospital Reform
- Direction of care programs, ethics and medical deontology
- Department of hospitals and hospital reform
- Department of local health structures
- Under the direction of the new birth, childhood, adolescence and youth care programs
- Adult and Elderly Care Programs Department
- Department of Ethics and Medical Deontology
- Under the direction of public hospitals
- Under the direction of private hospitals
- Under the Emergency Department
- Department of local health structures and home care
- Under the Directorate of Private Medicine
- General Directorate of Pharmacy and Health Equipment
- Pharmaceuticals Directorate
- Health equipment department
- Pharmaceutical Products Promotion Department
- Under the Directorate of Pharmaceutical Product Registration
- Regulation and Technical Activities Department
- Under the direction of hospital pharmacy
- Health Equipment Approval Department
- Health Equipment Regulation and Supply Department
- Technical Support Department
- Human Resources Department
- Under the Direction of Medical and Paramedical Staff
- Under Direction of Administrative and Technical Staff
- Department of Studies and Planning
- Department of Studies and Investment Programs
- Planning Department
- Department of Finance and Resources
- Budget and Accounting Department
- Sub-Directorate of General Resources
- Information Systems and Computing Department
- Organization and Information System Department
- Computer Networks Department
- Training Department
- Under the Direction of Initial Training
- Under the Continuing Education Department
- Directorate of Regulation, Litigation and Cooperation
- Regulatory Department
- Sub-Directorate of Litigation
- Legal Studies Department
- Under the Cooperation Department
- Directorate of Population
- Department of Reproductive Health and Family Planning
- Under the Studies, Research and Analysis Department
- Department of Foresight and Demographic Watch
- Population Strategies and Programs Department
References
- "Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Modernization". Algerian government. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- "Health sector". National Agency of Investment Development, Ministry of Industry and Mines (Algeria). Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- "Ministry of Health". GHDX Health Data. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- "Organization of the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform". Ministry of Industry. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- "Ministry for Health, Population and Hospital Reform". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- "Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform: Viewpoint". Oxford Business Group. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
External links
- "Ministry of Health" (in French). (in Arabic and French)
- Ministry of Health at the Wayback Machine (archive index)