ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES

 

1.National level – Ministry of health and Family Planning

·         The ministry of health and family planning is headed by a Minister. He is assisted by a deputy Minister, a Secretary, an Additional Secretary, Joint Secretaries, deputy Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries.

·         The Ministry is responsible for policy and planning formulations and decision making.

2. Central level – Health Directorates

·         Under the Ministry, there are two Director General, one for health and the other for family planning.

·         The Director General of Health Services is responsible for implementation of all health programs and projects and for providing technical guidance to the Ministry.

3. Divisional level

·         The functional unit at the divisional level is the Divisional Health Authority. It is headed by one Deputy Director who is assisted by 2 Assistant Directors – 1 for administration and other for communicable disease control (CDC).

·         Divisional Health Authority is responsible for supervision, monitoring and coordination of health activities in all the districts of the division.

4. District level

·         At this level, the Civil Surgeon is the team leader and health authority in the District. He is also the Ex – Officio Superintendent of the district hospital.

   The civil Surgeon is assisted by a Deputy Civil Surgeon and medical officers.

·         The Civil Surgeon is responsible for all health activities, domiciliary and institutional (except medical colleges and medical assistant training schools) in his district.

     

5. Upazilla level

·         The Upazilla Health and Family Planning Officer (UHFPO) are in charge of the health and family planning activities at the upazilla level.

6. Union level

·         At this level, there are Health and Family welfare centers / sub centers. One MBBS medical graduate is in charge of this union level facility.