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Ministry of Health and Population
स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्या मन्त्रालय
	Emblem of Nepal
Government Agency of Nepal overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Ramshah Path, Kathmandu
Annual budget	NRs 33.52 billion (2014/2015)[citation needed]
Minister responsible	Pradip Paudel, Minister;
Government Agency of Nepal executives	Dr. Roshan Pokharel, Secretary; Hari Prasad Mainali, Secretary;
Key document	National Health Policy 2071;
Website	mohp.gov.np

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is a governmental body of Nepal in charge of regulating the healthcare system and its implementation. This also includes environment ministry. The ministry's tasks are manifold and include managing the development of the healthcare in Nepal, overseeing population policies, planning and implementation and overseeing non-governmental associated with health services in Nepal.

Health care facilities

The Ministry of Health and Population runs and oversees all public hospitals in Nepal. These include four Regional Hospitals,^[2] 11 Zonal Hospitals,^[3] five Teaching hospitals,^[4] as well as district hospitals and general hospitals.

Organisational structure

Dr. Roshan Pokhrel currently holds position of health secretary. The Department of Health Services serves under the ministry to facilitate and implement its work, mainly deliver health services and to maintain public hospitals.^[5] Furthermore, two other departments also work under and with the ministry:

Department of Ayurveda^[6]
Department of Drug Administration (established 1979)^[7]

Former ministers of Health and Population

This is a list of former ministers of the Ministry of Health and Population since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013. The name/portfolio of the ministry was adjusted several times, as the term population was dropped from the official name from 2015 to 2018.


	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office	Portfolio
1	Khagaraj Adhikari^[8]	CPN (UML)	25 February 2014		Minister of Health and Population
2	Ram Janam Chaudhary^[9]	Forum (Loktantrik)	19 October 2015		Minister of Health
3	Gagan Thapa^[10]	Nepali Congress	26 August 2016	31 May 2017
4	Giri Rajmani Pokharel	CPN (Maoist Centre)	26 July 2017	17 October 2017
5	Deepak Bohora^[11]	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17 October 2017	15 February 2018
6	Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli^[12]^[13]	CPN (UML) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018	16 March 2018	31 May 2018	Minister of Health and Population
7	Upendra Yadav^[13]	FSF-N	1 June 2018	20 November 2019
8	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal^[14]	Nepal Communist Party	20 November 2019	25 December 2020
9	Hridayesh Tripathi	People's Progressive Party	25 December 2020	4 June 2021
10	Birodh Khatiwada	CPN (Unified Socialist)	8 October 2021	27 June 2022
11	Bhawani Prasad Khapung	CPN (Unified Socialist)	27 June 2022	17 January 2023
12	Padam Giri	CPN (UML)	17 January 2023	27 February 2023
13	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress	3 May 2023	Incumbent

Notes

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Regional Hospitals". Ministry of Health & Population. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Zonal Hospitals". Ministry of Health & Population. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Teaching Hospitals". Ministry of Health & Population. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Department of Health Services". Ministry of Health & Population. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Department of Ayurveda". Ministry of Health & Population. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "Department of Drug Administration". Ministry of Health & Population. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "4 new ministers inducted in Oli Cabinet". The Himalayan Times. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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^ "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Yadav appointed as Minister for Health, Raya as Minister for Urban Development". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "President administers oath of office and secrecy to newly- appointed ministers (with photos)". República. November 21, 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2020.