Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)

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.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

স্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয়
Government Seal of Bangladesh
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	M A Akmall Hossain Azad, 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

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
• Health in Bangladesh