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Figure 1.1 Ministry of Health divisions, centers, and departments<br />

Ministry of Health<br />

Policy, Planning<br />

and International<br />

Cooperation<br />

Division<br />

Public Health<br />

Administration,<br />

Monitoring and<br />

Evaluation Division<br />

Curative<br />

Service<br />

Division<br />

Human Resources<br />

and Financial<br />

Management<br />

Division<br />

General<br />

Administration<br />

Division<br />

Department of<br />

Ayurveda<br />

Department of<br />

Health<br />

Services<br />

Department of<br />

Drug<br />

Administration<br />

Management<br />

Division<br />

Family Health<br />

Division<br />

Child Health<br />

Division<br />

Primary<br />

Health Care<br />

Revitalization<br />

Division<br />

Epidemiology<br />

and Disease<br />

Control<br />

Division<br />

Leprosy<br />

Control<br />

Division<br />

Logistics<br />

Management<br />

Division<br />

National<br />

Centre for<br />

AIDS and<br />

STD Control<br />

National<br />

Health<br />

Training<br />

Centre<br />

National<br />

Tuberculosis<br />

Centre<br />

National<br />

Public Health<br />

Laboratory<br />

National Health<br />

Education,<br />

Information and<br />

Communication<br />

Centre<br />

As Figure 1.2 shows, the MoH provides health services through a network of three departments,<br />

five regional health offices, five autonomous bodies, six professional councils, 27 zonal and regional<br />

hospitals, 19 medical college teaching hospitals, 76 district-level hospitals, and 364 private hospitals.<br />

Seventy-five district health offices manage basic health care service delivery through a network of 76<br />

district-level hospitals, 204 PHCCs, 329 UHCs, 3,805 health posts, 250 community health units, 12,908<br />

PHC/ORCs, and 16,355 EPI outreach clinics across the country.<br />

Overview of the Health System in <strong>Nepal</strong> • 7

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