The Ministry of Health (,
translit. ''Misrad HaBri'ut'') is a ministry in the
Israeli government, responsible for formulating health policies. The ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services. In addition to overseeing health services provided by
Kupat Holim and family health centers such as Tipat Halav, the ministry maintains general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment programs for substance abuse, and facilities for the chronically ill.
As of late 2023, the current Minister of Health is
Uriel Buso.
History
In January 2021, the ministry entered a collaborative agreement with
Pfizer
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granting the company access to Israel citizens' personal electronic medical records in order to observe the real-world safety and efficacy of the
BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine product.
In February 2022, the ministry banned medical professionals in Israel from providing
conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. Methods that have ...
.
List of ministers
Deputy ministers
See also
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Health care in Israel
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List of hospitals in Israel
References
External links
Official website
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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 ...
*Ministry of Health
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 ...
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...