The Ministry of Health and Social Protection () is a department of the

Albanian Government Albania is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, in which the president of Albania is the head of state and the prime minister of Albania is the head of government in a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised by the Go ...

, charged with the responsibility to oversee the running of

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

's healthcare system, including supporting universal and affordable access to medical, pharmaceutical and hospital services, while helping people to stay healthy through health promotion.

History

In 1914

Prince William of Wied Wilhelm, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich; , 26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945) was sovereign of the Principality of Albania from 7 March to 3 September 1914. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January 1925, when the country w ...

built a new structure, entrusting the then Minister of Health

Mihal Turtulli Mihal Turtulli Bey (1856–3 January 1935), also known as Michail Tourtoulis or Dr. Turtulli, was an Albanian oculist, politician, member of the High Council of State (Jan - Dec 1920), and representative of Albania at the Paris Peace Confere ...

. In 1920 with the government of the Lushnja Congress, was established the structure of the General Directorate of Health ''(DPSH)'', which functioned as such until 1944. The Ministry of Health was founded in 1944 when DPSH became a Ministry. The Ministry had its structure with 21 employees and 175 Albanian and foreign doctors practicing the activity throughout the country. Since the establishment of the institution, the Ministry of Health has been reorganized by joining other departments or merging with other ministries, thus resulting in its name changing several times. This list reflects the changes made in years in pluralist history since 1992 as an institution: * Ministry of Health and Environment ''('') from 1992 to 1998 * Ministry of Health ''()'' from 1998 to 2017 * Ministry of Health and Social Protection ''('') from 2017 - ''current''

Subordinate institutions

The ministry owns and manages all the public hospitals in Albania * Albanian Health Insurance Institute * Public Health Institute * National Center for Blood Transfusion * National Center for the Development and Rehabilitation of Children * Dental Clinic for Undergraduates * Medical Helicopter Transportation Unit * National Center for Medicine and Medical Equipment * Electro Medical Provider * National Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Health Institutions * National Center of Education in Continuity

Officeholders (1944–present)

References

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

1912 establishments in Albania Medical and health organizations based in Albania

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History

Subordinate institutions

Officeholders (1944–present)

See also

References