Ministry of Health (Chile)
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The Ministry of Health of Chile (Spanish: Ministerio de Salud de Chile), also known as MINSAL, is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the public health policies formulated by the President of Chile. Notably, all employees pay 7% of their monthly income to FONASA, the funding branch of the Chilean Ministry of Health.
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Ministerio de Salud de Chile | |
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Formed | 1959 |
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Type | Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of Chile |
Headquarters | Enrique Mac Iver 541 Santiago |
Employees | 128,668 (2017)[1] |
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Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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The current Minister of Health is Ximena Aguilera.[2] The minister has two adjuncts: the Undersecretary of Public Health (Spanish: Subsecretaria de Salud Pública) and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks (Spanish: Subsecretaria de Redes Asistenciales).