The Secretariat of Health (
Spanish: ''Secretaría de Salud'') is the
government department
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...
in charge of all social health services in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, and an integral part of the
Mexican health system. The Secretary of Health is a member of the
Executive Cabinet and is appointed at the discretion of the
President of the Republic.
In recent years, the Secretary of Health has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding institutions of the individual Mexican States.
List of recent Secretaries of Health
See also
*
Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition
References
External links
*http://salud_2013.salud.gob.mx/ (in Spanish)
Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk(in Spanish)
{{Authority control
Mexico, Secretariat of Health
Health, Secretariat of
*
1938 establishments in Mexico
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 ...
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 ...