Ministry of Health and Welfare(South Korea)

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW previously MW, ko, 보건복지부) is a branch of the

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. The headquarters is in

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, when they were the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.

Developments

On December 23, 1994, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (보건사회부) changed their name to Ministry of Health and Welfare. On February 29, 2008, the ministry merged the National Youth Commission,

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's Office of Korea, the Family Affairs from

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and

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, Ministry of Planning and Budget to become the ''Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs'' (보건복지가족부). However, on March 19, 2010, the Ministry was reorganized to become the ''Ministry of Health and Welfare'' while transferring their responsibilities of overseeing

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affairs to

. However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare still governs Children's affairs. With the lessons learned from the

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, the legislation has been introduced and passed to expand one of its child agencies,

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, into Korea Disease Control and Prevention Administration and to equip the Ministry with two Vice-Ministers - one responsible for welfare and the other public health. These changes will come to effect on 12 September 2020.

Work

The main tasks include health care and quarantine, compulsory administration, pharmacist administration, health insurance, basic living insurance, welfare support, social security and social service policies, and population policy to cope with low birth rate and aging child welfare.

Organisation

* Headquarter ** Minister and Vice Minister ** 4 Offices and 20 Bureaus * Child Agencies ** National Hospitals *** Bugok ***

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*** Sorokdo ** National Center for Mental Health in

**National Rehabilitation Center in Seoul **National Cemetery for Overseas Koreans in

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**Health Insurance Dispute Conciliation Commission in Seoul **

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Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the one where Sangdang Sanseong is ...

**Osong Biovalley Support Center in Cheongju *Overseeing Public Institutions **Foundations ***Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) in Seoul ***Osong Medical Innovation Foundation in Cheongju ***Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF) in

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**Research Institutes ***Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) in Cheongju ***Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the Aged in

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***Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare (KOHI) in Cheongju ***National Cancer Center (NCC) in Goyang ***Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute in Seoul ***Korea Disabled People's Development Institute (KODDI) in Seoul ***Korea Children Promotion Institute (KCPI) in Seoul ***Korea Health Promotion Institute in Seoul ***National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) in Seoul ***National Institute for Korean Medicine Development (NIKOM) in

Gyeongsan Gyeongsan () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Its western border abuts the metropolitan city of Daegu, and much of Gyeongsan lies within the Daegu metropolitan area. Numerous universities are located in Gyeongsan, such as Ye ...

***Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy (KONIBP) in Seoul **Service Providers ***

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(NPS) in

Jeonju Jeonju () is the 16th largest city in South Korea and the capital of North Jeolla Province. It is both urban and rural due to the closeness of Wanju County which almost entirely surrounds Jeonju (Wanju County has many residents who work in Jeonj ...

***National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in Wonju *** Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in Wonju ***Social Security Information Service (SSIS) in Seoul ***

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in Seoul ***National Medical Center (NMC) in Seoul ***Korea National Council on Social Welfare (Social Security Network; SSN) in Seoul ***Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency (K-Medi) in Seoul ***Korea Organ Donation Agency (KODA) in Seoul ***Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation (KOIHA) in Seoul ***Korea Public Tissue Bank (KPTB) in Seoul

References

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* * {{authority control Medical and health organizations based in South Korea

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Public health organizations