Ministry of Health (Myanmar) explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Health (Myanmar)
Seal:	File:Ministry of Health, Burma.svg
Preceding1:	Health Department
Budget:	USD$ 18 million (2003)^[1]
Headquarters:	Office No (4), Naypyidaw
Minister1 Name:	Dr Thet Khaing Win
Child1 Agency:	Department of Public Health
Child2 Agency:	Department of Medical Services
Child3 Agency:	Department of Health Professional Resources Development and Management
Child4 Agency:	Department of Traditional Medicine
Child5 Agency:	Department of Medical Research
Child6 Agency:	Department of Food and Drug Administration
Superseding1:	Ministry of Health and Sports (Myanmar)

The Ministry of Health (Burmese: ကျန်းမာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, in Burmese pronounced as /tɕáɰ̃màjé wʊ̀ɰ̃dʑí tʰàna̰/; abbreviated MOH) is a national government-run ministry administering health affairs and health care in Myanmar, including all of the medical schools. In 2016, President Htin Kyaw dissolved the Ministry of Sports (Myanmar) and organized it under the Ministry of Health.

On 25 May 2016, it was renamed to Ministry of Health and Sports (Myanmar).^[2]

On 1 August 2021, the SAC reconstituted the Ministry of Health and Sports as Ministry of Health and Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.^[3] ^[4]

Departments

The Ministry of Health is divided into departments, each headed by a Director-General.^[5]

Department of Public Health
Department of Medical Services
Department of Health Professional Resources Development and Management
Department of Medical Research
Department of Traditional Medicine
Department of Food and Drug Administration
Department of Sports and Physical Education

Department of Health Professional Resources Development and Management is the controlling body of the following universities in 2014.

List of heads

Pre–Independence

Hla Min (1943–45)^[6]
Ba Gyan (1945–47)

AFPFL Government

Aung Zan Wai
Khin Maung Lat
Sein Ban, Dr
Ba Saw
Hla Min

Caretaker Government

Tun Tin (1958–60)

Pyidaungsu Party Government

Sultan Mahmud (1960–62)

Revolutionary Council Government

Than Pe, Commodore (1962)
Hla Han, Col. (1964–74)

Burma Socialist Programme Party Government

Hla Han, Col. (1974)
Kyi Maung (1974–78)
Win Maung (1978–81)
Tun Wai (1981–88)

State Law and Order Restoration Council Government

Pe Thein, Col. (1988–93)
Than Nyunt, Vice-Adm. (1993–96)
Saw Tun (1996–97)

State Peace and Development Council Government

Kat Sein, Maj-Gen. (November 1997–November 2003)
Kyaw Myint, Dr. (November 2003–March 2011)

Thein Sein 's Government

Pe Thet Khin, Dr. (March 2011 – July 2014)
Than Aung, Dr. (August 2014 – 30 March 2016)

Htin Kyaw 's Government

Myint Htwe, Dr. (30 March 2016 – 2018)

Win Myint 's Government

Myint Htwe, Dr. (2018 – 1 February 2021)

Min Aung Hlaing Military 's Government

Thet Khaing Win, Dr. (1 February 2021 – present)

Notes and References

1592343 . 17032061 . 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030393 . 3 . 10 . Responding to AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and emerging infectious diseases in Burma: dilemmas of policy and practice . October 2006 . Beyrer C, Suwanvanichkij V, Mullany LC, etal . PLOS Med. . e393 . free .
Web site: Two ministries renamed . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021129/http://www.president-office.gov.mm/en/?q=briefing-room/news/2016/05/26/id-6347 . November 29, 2016 . dead.
News: Order No 151/2021, State Administration Council, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The Global New Light of Myanmar. MNA. 6. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021.
Web site: စစ်ကိုင်း၊ တနင်္သာရီနှင့် ဧရာဝတီ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌများအား တာဝန်မှ အနားယူခွင့်ပြုခဲ့ပြီး ပြည်ထောင်စု ဝန်ကြီးဌာနအချို့ကို ပြင်ဆင်ဖွဲ့စည်း. Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd.
Web site: Ministry of Health website . 31 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070315180316/http://www.moh.gov.mm/ . 15 March 2007 . dead .
Book: WHO'S WHO IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN MYANMAR . Ministry of Health, Union of Myanmar . Khin Thet Htar . Mya Tu . Htay Htay Aye . Khin Khin Win . 2003.