The First Deputy Minister of Health coordinates the medical services provided to the public and the work of research and practice centres in the field of health care, while ensuring its consistency. They work on:

• running health care research programmes and establishing research and practice centres and other institutions;

• directing the ideological activities in the field of health care;

• managing the Health Care and Supervisory Council of the Ministry;

• managing the ministerial committees: committee on priority procurement of medicinal products, medical equipment and supplies, committee on referring Belarusian citizens to foreign medical institutions, etc;

• supervising health care operations in case of emergency;

exercising control over:

• Central Board on Organization of Health Care and Expert Review;
• Department of Science;
• Department of Health Protection in Emergencies;
• Department of Individuals' and Legal Entities' Appeals.

Reception: (017) 222-68-97

The Chief State Sanitarian leads the sanitary and epidemiological service and oversees the delivery of the ministerial functions in the field of sanitary control and prevention of epidemics. They also monitor the work of the relevant units of the central bodies of the Ministry and subordinate bodies.

Their duties include:

• monitoring public health, including state sanitary control;

• supervising the development of information technologies and telehealth to improve diagnostics and screening;

• exercising control over:

• Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Prevention;
• Board on Organizational Work, Records Management and Logistics;
• Medical Weekly Editorial Office (Meditsinsky Vestnik), Healthcare Editorial Office (Zdravookhranenie);
• Republican Scientific Medical Library;
• Research and Practice Centre for Hygiene;
• Republican Research and Practice Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology;
• Republican Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health;
• Centre for Expert Review and Testing in Health Care.

Reception: (017) 222-69-97

The Deputy Minister of Health:

• manages the ministerial tender committee on the procurement of medical equipment and supplies and oversees the construction, renovation and improvement of facilities;

• supervises the use of medical equipment by public bodies subordinate to the Ministry of Health;

• coordinates the licenses issued by the Ministry in the sphere of medicine, pharmaceutics (relating to the sale of medicinal products and their production and sale at pharmacies), etc.;

• regulates the pricing of chargeable services;

• supervises the development and integration of information technologies at the ministerial bodies;

• exercising control over:

• Board on Licensing;
• Department of Medical Equipment Procurement and Sale Regulation and Health Care Facility Renovation;
• Department of Business Activities, Pricing and Management of State Property;
• Senior Officer on Occupational Safety of the Department of Health Protection in Emergencies;
• Belmedtekhnika, a Manufacturing and Trading Republican Unitary Enterprise;
• Centre for Expert Review and Testing in Health Care,
• Managing Company of Belpharmprom Holding Company (on areas of activity);
• Directorate of the Construction Company under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus;
• MedBioPharmProject, a Republican Project-Oriented Unitary Enterprise;
• Medtekhnotsentr, a Republican Unitary Enterprise;
• BelPAT, a Republican Motor Transport Unitary Enterprise.

Reception: (017) 222-64-47

The Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus coordinates and controls:

• the implementation of a unified economic policy in health care - the formation of long-term and annual budget planning, the development of state minimum social standards in the field of health care and monitoring compliance with these standards;

• development of standards for the volume of medical care for the population; material and technical, personnel support of state organizations of the Ministry of Health;

• development and introduction of information technologies in the healthcare sector, including the creation of a full-scale system for the circulation of electronic prescriptions in the republic

• social protection of health workers and interaction with professional and public associations.

It coordinates the implementation of state policy in the sphere of medicinal products circulation:

• organization of drug provision;

• licensing of pharmaceutical activities in terms of works and services for the industrial production of medicines;

• inspection of production of medicinal products for compliance with the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP);

• organization and conduct of supervision over the conditions of industrial production, pharmacy manufacture, sale, storage, transportation and medical use in medical organizations of medicines.

Supervises activities:

• management of economic analysis and health development;

• management of pharmaceutical inspection and organization of drug provision;

• the software and information support sector;

• the trade and production republican unitary enterprise "Belpharmacy" and regional pharmacies;

• RUE "Center for Expertise and Testing in Health Care"

• RUE "The managing company of the holding" Belfarmprom "

• RUE "Belmedpreparaty",

• production RUE «Minskinterkaps»,

• RUE "Scientific and Practical Center" LOTIOS "in the part concerning the direction of activity;

• GU "Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Technologies, Informatization, Management and Health Economics" on issues of informatization and economy in the health care system.

Reception telephone: (017) 222-64-47

Основные функции:

• организует подготовку структурными подразделениями министерства аналитических, справочных и иных материалов (в том числе проекты докладов и выступлений) для мероприятий с участием министра;
• обеспечивает своевременное представление министру корреспонденции, проектов документов, поручений и иных материалов, по которым требуется решение министра; докладывает министру оперативную информацию;
• участвует в организации выполнения мероприятий по подготовке и проведению созываемых министром совещаний;
• участвует в подготовке и проведении заседаний коллегии министерства;
• контролирует исполнение поручений министра, а также отдельных приказов и распоряжений министра;
• контролирует соблюдение работниками министерства установленного служебного регламента и норм профессиональной этики;
• осуществляет иные полномочия, возлагаемые по поручению министра.

The Press Secretary of the Ministry of Health manages media relations.

Their key activities are:

• supporting the cooperation between the Ministry and domestic and foreign mass media;
• informing mass media of the activities of the Minister and the Ministry of Health, as well as on the health sector in general;
• arranging press conferences and briefings with the Minister, Deputy Ministers and health care officers;
• participating in the preparation of drafts of the Minister's speeches;
• distributing statements, reports, press releases and other information in mass media;
• coordinating the press service of subordinate bodies;
• managing the official portal of the Ministry of Health and websites of subordinate bodies, including posting press releases, photos and videos;
• overseeing the work of the Directorate of the Construction Company under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus;
• developing and delivering information campaigns;
• collecting and analysing current domestic and foreign mass media publications on health care.

Tel.: (017) 200-76-98