Ministry of Health (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) is a public health system based loosely on the historical Belgian colonial
public health system. The MOH is largely a policy and oversight organization with operational functions embodied within a number of subordinate MOH organizations, including the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Institute of Biomedical Research (Institut National de Recherché Biomédicale, or INRB) and the Kinshasa School of Public Health (KSPH). KSPH trains physicians in public health, staffs the public health infrastructure composed of Health Zones, including the Health Zone doctors who provide both public health services and partial staffing of district hospitals.
As of December 2008, the Health Minister in DRC was Augustin Mopipi.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
(DRC) is a public health system based loosely on the historical Belgian colonial
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
public health system. The MOH is largely a policy and oversight organization with operational functions embodied within a number of subordinate MOH organizations, including the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Institute of Biomedical Research (Institut National de Recherché Biomédicale, or INRB) and the Kinshasa School of Public Health (KSPH). KSPH trains physicians in public health, staffs the public health infrastructure composed of Health Zones, including the Health Zone doctors who provide both public health services and partial staffing of district hospitals.
As of December 2008, the Health Minister in DRC was Augustin Mopipi.