:Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)

{{Short description|Government ministry of Bangladesh}}

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

| native_name_a = স্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয়

| type = Ministry

| seal = Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg

| seal_width = 150px

| seal_caption = Government Seal of Bangladesh

| logo = Logo of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh).svg

| logo_size = 180px

| formed =

| preceding2 =

| dissolved =

| superseding =

| jurisdiction = Government of Bangladesh

| employees =

| budget = {{BDTConvert|41407|c|1k=yes}} (2024-2025)

| headquarters = Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka

| minister_type = Adviser

| minister1_name = Nurjahan Begum

| minister1_pfo = Adviser for Health

| chief1_name = M A Akmall Hossain Azad

| chief1_position = Senior Secretary, Health Services Division

| chief2_name = Dr. Md. Sarwar Bari

| chief2_position = Secretary, Medical Education and Family Welfare Division

| chief3_name =

| chief3_position =

| chief4_name =

| chief4_position =

| child1_agency = Health Services Division

| child2_agency = Medical Education and Family Welfare Division

| parent_department =

| website = {{URL|http://www.mohfw.gov.bd/}}

}}

{{Politics of Bangladesh}}

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare{{Cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/health/2016/03/23/bangladeshs-family-planning-services-have-become-weak-analyst|title=Bangladesh’s family planning services have become ‘weak’: Analyst|website=BDNews24|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413073108/http://bdnews24.com/health/2016/03/23/bangladeshs-family-planning-services-have-become-weak-analyst|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/are-we-getting-any-better-1205425|title=Are we getting any better?|website=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-date=2016-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412220355/http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/are-we-getting-any-better-1205425|url-status=live}} ({{langx|bn|স্বাস্থ্য ও পরিবার কল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয়}}; Sbāsthya ō paribār kalyāṇ Montronaloya) is a Bangladesh government ministry charged with health policy in Bangladesh. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in Bangladesh. The present adviser is Nurjahan Begum.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/advisers-the-interim-government-3672791 |title=Advisers to the interim government |website=thedailystar.net |date=2024-08-09 |access-date=2024-10-12}}

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare contains two divisions:{{Cite news |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/home/printnews/453646/2017-01-19 |script-title=bn:কর্মকর্তা |work=Kaler Kantho |language=bn |access-date=2020-04-18 |archive-date=2018-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101170131/http://www.kalerkantho.com/home/printnews/453646/2017-01-19 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/14861 |title=Home Ministry split into two divisions |website=newsbangladesh.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603165859/http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/14861 |archive-date=2016-06-03}} Health Services Division and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division.