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.
