Ministry of Health (Malaysia)

Ministry of Health (MOH)

Kementerian Kesihatan
Ministry overview
Formed	1963; 54 years ago (1963)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Jurisdiction	Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	Block E1, E3, E6, E7 & E10, Complex E, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62590 Putrajaya
Employees	268,712 (2016)
Annual budget	MYR 23,031,066,400 (2016)
Minister responsible	Subramaniam Sathasivam, Minister of Health
Deputy Minister responsible	Hilmi Yahaya, Deputy Minister of Health
Ministry executives	Chen Chaw Min, Secretary-General Noor Hisham Abdullah, Director-General Saiful Anuar Lebai Hussen, Deputy Secretary-General (Management) Mohd Shafiq Abdullah, Deputy Secretary-General (Finance) Lokman Hakim Sulaiman, Deputy Director-General (Public Health) Jeyaindran Sinnadurai, Deputy Director-General (Medical) Shahnaz Murad, Deputy Director-General (Research and Technical Support) Noor Aliyah Ismail, Principal Director (Oral Health) Eisah A. Rahman, Principal Director (Pharmaceutical Services) Nooraini Mohd Othman, Principal Director (Food Safety and Quality)
Website	www.moh.gov.my

The Ministry of Health (Malay: Kementerian Kesihatan), abbreviated MOH, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for health system: health behavior, cancer, public health, health management, medical research, health systems research, respiratory medicine, health promotion, healthcare tourism, medical device, blood collection, leprosy control, clinical research, health care, dental care, health institution, laboratory, pharmaceutical, patient safety.

The Minister of Health administers his functions through the Ministry of Health and a range of other government agencies. The current Minister of Health is Subramaniam Sathasivam, whose term began on 16 May 2013. The current Deputy Minister of Health is Hilmi Yahaya.

Its headquarters is in Putrajaya.

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