Ministry of Health (Brazil)

Ministry of Health
Portuguese: Ministério da Saúde
Agency overview
Formed6 August 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-06)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco G
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$160.9 b BRL (2022)[1]
Agency executives
  • Nísia Trindade, Minister
  • Swedenberger Barbosa, Executive-Secretary
  • Nésio de Medeiros Junior, Secretary of Primary Health Care
  • Helvecio Magalhães Junior, Secretary of Specialized Health Care
  • Ethel Maciel, Secretary of Health and Environmental Surveillance
  • Ricardo Weibe Tapeba, Secretary of Indigenous Health
Websitewww.gov.br/saude/

The Ministry of Health (Portuguese: Ministério da Saúde) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil.[2] Since January 2023, the Health Minister is Nísia Trindade, a researcher and former chairwoman of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

  1. ^ "Lei n° 14.303, de 21 de janeiro de 2022". Imprensa Oficial (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ Souto, Lígia (22 December 2016). "Fiocruz começa a produzir teste para doenças transmitidas pelo Aedes aegypti". Empresa Brasil de Comunicação.