Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Health

Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации
Agency overview
Formed	2012; 6 years ago (2012)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Health and Social Development
Jurisdiction	Government of Russia
Headquarters	Rakhmanovsky pereulok 3, Moscow 55°45′54.94″N 37°37′6.97″E / 55.7652611°N 37.6186028°E / 55.7652611; 37.6186028Coordinates: 55°45′54.94″N 37°37′6.97″E / 55.7652611°N 37.6186028°E / 55.7652611; 37.6186028
Annual budget	375.6 billion rouble (FY 2011)
Minister responsible	Veronika Skvortsova
Child agencies	Service of Supervision in the Sphere of Public Health Services Medical and Biologic Agency
Website	www.rosminzdrav.ru

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации, in short Russian: Минздрав России Minzdrav Rossii) is an agency of the government of Russia, headquartered in Moscow. It is the successor of the former Ministry of Health and Social Development, which was split in two in 2012 under Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, with the social security departments being relegated to the newly formed Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Since then, Veronika Skvortsova has been the minister.

Its main official responsibilities include:

diabetes, tuberculosis, health promotion, health education, disease prevention etc.;

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