Ministry of Health (Peru)

History

The ministry was created on October 5, 1935, through Law Decree 8124, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Peruvian medical researcher Daniel Alcides Carrión. Created as the Ministry of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (), it incorporated the Directorate of Public Health, and the sectors of Work, Social Precaution, and Indian Affairs, all belonging to the Ministry of Development and Public Works. It additionally assumed the functions of the Department of Philanthropy, which at the time belonged to the Ministry of Justice. The first Minister of Health was .

In 1942, the ministry changed its name to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (). This name remained until 1968, when it adopted its current name.

In 2003, it incorporated the Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima, created in 1991, into its National Institute of Health.

From 2020 onwards, the ministry oversaw a large part of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.

Organisation

• Vice Ministry of Public Health
  • Directorate-General of Public Health Policies and Regulations
  • Directorate-General of Strategic Interventions in Public Health: Directorate of Mental Health
  • Directorate-General of Health Promotion and Territorial Management
  • Directorate-General of Environmental Health and Food Safety
  • Directorate-General of Disaster Risk Management and National Health Defense
  • National Centre for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention, and Control (CDC)
  • National School of Public Health
  • Metropolitan Lima Health Directorate (DIRIS)
• Vice Ministry of Health Benefits and Insurance
  • Directorate-General of Health Benefits
  • Directorate-General of Health Insurance
  • Directorate-General of Infrastructure, Equipment, and Maintenance
  • Directorate-General of Human Resources Management and Development
  • Directorate-General of Medicines, Supplies, and Drugs (DIGEMID)
  • National Centre for the Supply of Strategic Health Resources
• General Secretariat
  • General Administration Office
  • General Resources Office Human Resources
  • General Office of Information Technology
  • General Office of Communications
  • General Office of Transparency and Document Processing
  • General Office of Planning, Budget, and Modernisation
  • General Office of Coordination and Coordination
  • General Office of Legal Counsel
  • General Office of Cooperation and International Affairs
• Public Organisations and Programmes
  • Institute for Health Services Management
  • National Health Investment Programme
• National Health Council

Entities administered by the ministry include:

• National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN)
• National Institute of Health (INS)
• National Institute of Child Health (INSN)
• National Superintendency of Health (SUSALUD)
• Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS)
• Intangible Solidarity Health Fund (FISSAL)
• National Health Investment Programme (PRONIS)
• Program for the Creation of Integrated Health Networks (PCRIS)

List of ministers

References

References

1. (2016-10-05). "Ministerio de Salud cumple 81 años protegiendo la salud de las personas".