Basque Government

Departments - Health

Functions and areas of activity

The Department of Health has the following functions and areas of action:

  1. Health planning and management.
  2. Protection of food and animal health.
  3. Epidemiological surveillance.
  4. Pharmaceutical management.
  5. Addictions.
  6. Direct, in accordance with the laws and regulations, the public sector entities are attached or dependent on the department.
  7. Other faculties are attributed to it by laws and regulations.

The public entity under private law “Osakidetza-Basque Health Service” and the public sector foundation “Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research-BIOEF” are attached to this department.

 

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