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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Malaysia)

Ministry of Health (MOH)
Kementerian Kesihatan
Ministry overview
Formed 1963; 54 years ago (1963)
Preceding Ministry
Jurisdiction Government of Malaysia
Headquarters Block E1, E3, E6, E7 & E10, Complex E, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62590 Putrajaya
Motto We're Ready to Help (Kami Sedia Membantu)
Employees 267,045 (2017)
Annual budget MYR 24,800,986,200 (2017)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
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)
  • Salmah Bahri, 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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