Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination
ministry in the government of Pakistan
The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (Urdu: قومی وزارتِ ضوابط ، ربطِ باہمی و خدماتِ صحتِ عامّہ vazārat-i ḍawābiṭ, rabṭ-i bāhamī va khidmāt-i ṣihat-i ʿāmmah; abbreviated as MoNHSRC) is a cabinet level ministry of the government of Pakistan with responsibility for national public health.
History
Healthcare was transferred to the provincial health departments after Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan in June 2011. In May 2013 however the federal ministry was reinstated by Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, as the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination.
The function of this new ministry was to provide provision of medical services, frame health policies and enforce the same at a national level. Literacy and Basic Education Department with focus on Skill Development Programmers and Vocational Education.
Ministers
Provincial departments
Department of Health, Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Department of Health, Balochistan
Department of Health & Population Welfare, Gilgit-Baltistan
Autonomous Bodies
Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan
Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan was established under the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2012, is the main constitutional body to regulate therapeutic goods in the country. Therapeutic goods regulated by the DRAP include drugs, biological, medical devices, alternative medicines & health products. Previously, scope was limited to Drugs and Biologicals, however, it was extended to other categories after enactment of the Drugs Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2012.
Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is mandated to provide for effective coordination and enforcement of The Drugs Act, 1976 (XXXI of 1976) and to bring harmony in inter-provincial trade and commerce of therapeutic goods. DRAP is responsible for ensuring that therapeutic goods approved and available in market meet prescribed standards of quality, safety and efficacy and are sold at reasonable prices.
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