Ministry of Health
ጤና ሚኒስቴር
Agency overview
Formed1948[1]
JurisdictionEthiopian government
HeadquartersSudan St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9°00′59″N 38°44′48″E / 9.016379°N 38.746772°E / 9.016379; 38.746772
Agency executive
Parent departmentMinistry of Peace
Websitehttps://moh.gov.et

The Ministry of Health (MoH) (Amharic: ጤና ሚኒስቴር) is the Ethiopian government department responsible for public health concerns. Its head office is on Sudan Street in Addis Ababa.[2] Until 2020, Amir Aman is the director.[3] Lia Tadesse has been the head of the ministry since 2020. The organization is a cabinet level organization which has authority over the Public Health Institute.

History

The Ministry of Public Health was created in 1948 followed by Proclamation issued in 1946. The Public Health Administration shortly transferred to the Ministry of Public Health.[2]

In recent years, the ministry promotes family planning programs introduced contraceptives, giving women a choice over their sexual and reproductive health while combatting child marriage and harmful practice in Ethiopia.[2]

Former directors

  • Tedros Adhanom (2005 to 2012)[4]
  • Amir Aman (director of the ministry beginning in 2019)

References

  1. ↑ "ETHIOPIA | Summary | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. 1 2 3 "Home (English)". Ministry of Health (Ethiopia). Retrieved 2020-03-23. Contact Info Sudan St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  3. ↑ "Contact Us". Ministry of Health (Ethiopia). Retrieved 2020-03-23. - Amharic version
  4. ↑ "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected new head of WHO". STAT. 2017-05-23. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-07.


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