Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Colombia)

Ministry of Health and Social Protection
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
Ministry overview
Formed4 May 2011 (2011-05-04)[1]
Preceding Ministry
JurisdictionColombia
HeadquartersCarrera 13 No. 32-76
Bogotá, Colombia
04°37′11.92″N 74°04′05.69″W / 4.6199778°N 74.0682472°W / 4.6199778; -74.0682472
Annual budgetCOP$10,484,950,978,716 (2013)[2]
COP$11,174,046,764,741 (2014)[3]
Ministry executive
Websitewww.minsalud.gov.co

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Spanish: Ministerio de Salud y de Protección Social) is one of the sixteen national executive ministries of the Government of Colombia, and is responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to health and social security.[4]

  1. ^ Colombia, Congress of (4 May 2011). "Ley 1444 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). No. 48, 059. Bogotá. p. 1. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). No. 48, 640. Bogotá. p. 16. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ^ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). No. 49, 001. Bogotá. p. 14. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Objetivos y Funciones". minsalud (in Spanish). June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-26.