| Stated Role |
The Ministry operates under the portfolio of the Minister of Health and Quality of Life.<P>The functions of the Ministry are:<P>To develop a comprehensive health service in order to meet the health needs of the population;<P>To investigate the influence of physical environment and psychosocial domestic factors on the incidence of human diseases and disability;<P>To plan and carry out measures for the promotion of health;<P>To institute and maintain measures for the prevention of diseases including the epidemiological surveillance of important communicable diseases;<P>To provide facilities for the treatment of diseases, including mental disease by maintenance of hospital and dispensary services;<P>To make provisions for the rehabilitation of the disabled;<P>To control the practice of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy;<P>To provide facilities for the training of Nursing Officers, Midwives, ancillary hospital and laboratory staff and Health Inspectors;<P>To advise local government authorities regarding their health services and to inspect those services;<P>To prepare and publish reports and statistical data and other information relating to health;<P>To implement a Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health Programme; and<P>To initiate and conduct operational bio-medical health studies of diseases of major importance in the country.<P>MISSION STATEMENT<P> *<P> Enhance the health status of the population<P> *<P> Improve the quality of health care delivery with a view to increasing patients’ satisfaction<P> *<P> Enhance social equity through the provision of a wider range of health services to the whole population<P> *<P> Ensure that the health sector is consolidated and that the health services remain accessible to every citizen<P> |