Secretariat of Health

Secretaría de Salud
SALUD
Old Secretary of Health headquarters in Mexico City
Agency overview
Formed	December 1938; 85 years ago (1938-12)
Type	Secretary of State
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Headquarters	Acapulco 19°25′19″N 99°10′32″W / 19.42194°N 99.17556°W / 19.42194; -99.17556
Agency executives	Jorge Alcocer Varela, Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, Deputy Secretary
Child agencies	Institute of Health for Welfare Mexican Social Security Institute Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
Website	Official site

The Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud) is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico, 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.