Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh) explained

Agency Name:	People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Native Name A:	স্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয় (Sbāsthya ō paribār kalyāṇ Montronaloya)
Seal:	Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Jurisdiction:	Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters:	Dhaka
Budget:	$3.85 billion (2021-22)
Minister1 Name:	Nurjahan Begum
Chief1 Name:	Jahangir Alam
Chief1 Position:	Secretary, Health Care Division
Chief2 Name:	Md. Azizur Rahman
Chief2 Position:	Secretary, Health Education and Family Welfare Division

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 minister is Samanta Lal Sen.^[3] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare contains two divisions:^{[4] [5]} Health Service Division and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division.

Departments

Health Service Division

• 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

• 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

• Government of Bangladesh
• Cabinet of Bangladesh

External links

• Welcome to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bangladesh’s family planning services have become ‘weak’: Analyst. bdnews24.com. 2016-04-13. 2016-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413073108/http://bdnews24.com/health/2016/03/23/bangladeshs-family-planning-services-have-become-weak-analyst. live.
2. Web site: Are we getting any better?. The Daily Star. 2016-04-13. 2016-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160412220355/http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/are-we-getting-any-better-1205425. live.
3. News: A new report by Human Rights Watch says the country is doing little to solve a chronic drinking-water crisis that affects over 10 per cent of its population.. Aulakh. Raveena. 2016-04-06. The Toronto Star. 0319-0781. 2016-04-13. 2016-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410110327/http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/06/twenty-years-later-millions-in-bangladesh-are-still-drinking-arsenic-laced-water.html. live.
4. News: https://www.kalerkantho.com/home/printnews/453646/2017-01-19 . bn:কর্মকর্তা . Kaler Kantho . bn . 2020-04-18 . 2018-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180101170131/http://www.kalerkantho.com/home/printnews/453646/2017-01-19 . live .
5. Web site: Home Ministry split into two divisions . newsbangladesh.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603165859/http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/14861 . 2016-06-03.