Manitoba Health

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care
Agency overview
Preceding agency
  • Manitoba Health and Seniors Care, Manitoba Health
Headquarters300 Carlton Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 3M9
Annual budget$6,778,233K CAD (2023)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Karen Herd (as of 2013)
Websitewww.gov.mb.ca/health/

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long–Term Care (formerly Health, and Seniors Care, MHSC; also known as Manitoba Health) is the department of the Government of Manitoba that is responsible for leading the development of policy and publicly administered health system planning in the province of Manitoba; the overall funding, performance requirements, oversight, and accountability within the system; promoting prevention and positive health practices; and administering other non-devolved health services in the province.[1]

The department operates under the Minister of Health, who has been Uzoma Asagwara as of October 2023.[1] The Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Brent Roussin (current as of 2021), serves under the Minister and Deputy Minister of Health.[2][3]

The department is the authoritative agency in the province regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba.[3]

  1. ^ a b "About the Department. Health, Seniors and Active Living. Winnipeg, MB: Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2021 January 11.
  2. ^ "MANITOBA HEALTH, SENIORS AND ACTIVE LIVING ORGANIZATION CHART." Government of Manitoba. 2020 April 1.
  3. ^ a b "The Public Health Act." The Manitoba Gazette 149(17). 2020 April 22.