The Ministry of Health (, MINSA) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of the country's healthcare system.
, the minister of Health is César Vásquez Sánchez.
History The ministry was created on October 5, 1935, through Law Decree 8124, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Peruvian medical researcher Daniel Alcides Carrión. Created as the Ministry of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (), it incorporated the Directorate of Public Health, and the sectors of Work, Social Precaution, and Indian Affairs, all belonging to the Ministry of Development and Public Works. It additionally assumed the functions of the Department of Philanthropy, which at the time belonged to the Ministry of Justice. The first Minister of Health was .
In 1942, the ministry changed its name to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (). This name remained until 1968, when it adopted its current name.
In 2003, it incorporated the Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima, created in 1991, into its National Institute of Health.
From 2020 onwards, the ministry oversaw a large part of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.
Organisation Vice Ministry of Public Health Directorate-General of Public Health Policies and Regulations Directorate-General of Strategic Interventions in Public Health: Directorate of Mental Health Directorate-General of Health Promotion and Territorial Management Directorate-General of Environmental Health and Food Safety Directorate-General of Disaster Risk Management and National Health Defense National Centre for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention, and Control (CDC) National School of Public Health Metropolitan Lima Health Directorate (DIRIS) Vice Ministry of Health Benefits and Insurance Directorate-General of Health Benefits Directorate-General of Health Insurance Directorate-General of Infrastructure, Equipment, and Maintenance Directorate-General of Human Resources Management and Development Directorate-General of Medicines, Supplies, and Drugs (DIGEMID) National Centre for the Supply of Strategic Health Resources General Secretariat General Administration Office General Resources Office Human Resources General Office of Information Technology General Office of Communications General Office of Transparency and Document Processing General Office of Planning, Budget, and Modernisation General Office of Coordination and Coordination General Office of Legal Counsel General Office of Cooperation and International Affairs Public Organisations and Programmes Institute for Health Services Management National Health Investment Programme National Health Council
Entities administered by the ministry include: National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN) National Institute of Health (INS) National Institute of Child Health (INSN) National Superintendency of Health (SUSALUD) Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) Intangible Solidarity Health Fund (FISSAL) National Health Investment Programme (PRONIS) Program for the Creation of Integrated Health Networks (PCRIS)
List of ministers NamePartyPeriodTerm startTerm endMinisters of Public Health, Works and Social Precaution (1935–1942) — Fortunato Quesada Larrea Roque Augusto Saldías Maninat Rafael Escardó Ministers of Public Health and Social Assistance (1942–1968) Constantino J. Carvallo— Óscar Trelles Montes Manuel R. Nieto Arturo Jiménez Pacheco Alberto López Flores Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Luis N. Sáenz Jorge de Romaña Plazolles Alberto López Flores Jorge Haaker Fort Eduardo Watson Cisneros Víctor Solano Castro Javier Arias StellaPopular Action Javier Arias Stella Ministers of Health Eduardo Montero Rojas— Rolando Caro Constantini Jorge Tamayo de la Flor Humberto Campodónico Hoyos Óscar Dávila Zumaeta Eduardo Rivasplata Hurtado Popular Action Carlos Bazán Zender David Tejada de RiveroAPRA Ilda Urízar Peroni David Tejada de RiveroAPRA Carlos Vidal Layseca Víctor Yamamoto MiyakawaCambio 90 Víctor Paredes Guerra Eduardo Yong Motta— Carlos de Romaña y García Alejandro Aguinaga Recuenco New Majority Popular Action Luis Solari de la Fuente Possible Peru Fernando Carbone Campoverde— Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra Pilar Mazzetti Soler Carlos Vallejos SologurenAPRA Hernán Garrido-Lecca Montañez Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz Peruvian Humanist Party Alberto Tejada Noriega— Patricia García Funegra Fernando d'Alessio Ipinza APRA Silvia Pessah Eljay— Zulema Tomás Gonzales Elizabeth Hinostroza Pereyra Broad Front Pilar Mazzetti Soler APRA Pilar Mazzetti Soler Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz Together for Peru Hernando Cevallos Flores Broad Front Hernán Condori Machado Free Peru Free Peru César Vásquez Sánchez Alliance for Progress October 10, 2025October 14, 2025Incumbent
See also Healthcare in Peru List of hospitals in Peru
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