Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)

Government ministry of Bangladesh

Ministry of Health and Family Welfareস্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয়

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Ministry overview
Jurisdiction| Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters| Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Annual budget| ৳41407 crore (US$3.4 billion) (2024-2025)
Adviser responsible|

* Nurjahan Begum, Adviser for Health

Ministry executives|

* Saidur Rahman, Senior Secretary, Health Services Division
* Dr. Md. Sarwar Bari, Secretary, Medical Education and Family Welfare Division

Child agencies|

* Health Services Division
* Medical Education and Family Welfare Division

Website| www.mohfw.gov.bd
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare[1][2] (Bengali: স্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয়; Sbāsthya ō paribār kalyāṇ Montronaloya) is a Bangladesh government ministry charged with health policy in Bangladesh. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in Bangladesh. The present adviser is Nurjahan Begum.[3] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare contains two divisions:[4][5] Health Services Division and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division.

## Departments

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### Health Service Division

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* Bangladesh National Nutrition Council
* Disease International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
* Department of Drug Administration
* Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery
* Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council
* Health Economics Unit
* Health Engineering Department
* Bangladesh Institute of Child and Mother Health

### Medical Education And Family Welfare Division

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* Directorate General of Medical Education
* Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery
* National Institute of Population Research and Training
* Directorate General of Family Planning

## See also

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* Government of Bangladesh
* Cabinet of Bangladesh
* Health in Bangladesh

## References

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1. ^ "Bangladesh's family planning services have become 'weak': Analyst". BDNews24. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
2. ^ "Are we getting any better?". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
3. ^ "Advisers to the interim government". thedailystar.net. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
4. ^ কর্মকর্তা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
5. ^ "Home Ministry split into two divisions". newsbangladesh.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03.

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