Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea)

Ministry of Health and Welfare
Republic of Korea
보건복지부
保健福祉部
Bogeon Bokji-bu
Agency overview
Formed November 4, 1948 (as Ministry of Social Affairs)
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction Government of South Korea
Headquarters 13, Doum 4-ro, Sejong 339-012, Korea
Ministers responsible
  • Park Neung-hu, Minister of Health and Welfare
  • Kwon Deok-cheol, Vice Minister
Child agencies
  • Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Health Insurance Service
  • Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service
  • National Pension Service
  • Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency
Website Official English website
Headquarters in Sejong City

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW previously MW, Korean: 보건복지부) is a branch of the government of South Korea. The headquarters is in Sejong City.[1] Previously the headquarters were on floors 6 through 12 of the Hyundai Building in Jongno District, Seoul, when they were the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.[2]

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, Prime Minister's Office of Korea, the Family Affairs from Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Centre on Measures for Bipolarization and Livelihood, Ministry of Planning and Budget to become the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs (보건복지가족부).[3]

However, on March 19, 2010, the Ministry was reorganized to become the Ministry of Health and Welfare while transferring their responsibilities of overseeing youth and family affairs to Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare still governs Children's affairs.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Location." (Archive) Ministry of Health and Welfare. Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "13, Doum 4-ro, Sejong 339-012, Korea"
  2. ↑ "Location." () Ministry of Health and Welfare. Retrieved on January 1, 2014. "Ministry of Health & Welfare Hyundai Building 6~12 F" and "Ministry of Health & Welfare (MW) : 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea 110-793, call center 129"
  3. ↑ "History of Ministry of Health and Welfare Ministry of Health and Welfare" Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Health and Welfare, 4 May 2015
  4. ↑ "History of Ministry of Health and Welfare Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Health and Welfare"] Ministry of Health and Welfare, 4 May 2015
  5. ↑ "Ministry of Health & Welfare(MW)". doopedia.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.