Ministry of Health () is the government ministry, which is responsible for health affairs in the Sudanese government.
History Modern healthcare in Sudan can be dated back to few smaller hospitals being built in 1899 when Sudan was under the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. In 1905 the Medical department and the Clean Sanitary Board were established in Sudan. In 1924 the Sudan Medical Services, were established, headed by a director responsible for all of Sudan, including Southern Sudan. The Ministry of Health was established in 1949, seven years before Sudan gained its independence. Ali Badri was the first appointed Health Minister of Sudan.
State ministries From 1951 to 1960 municipal and local council were responsible for providing basic services, including health related services. In 1960 the provincial law the Ministry of Health was established on the provincial governate level. In 1980 Sudan was divided into five provinces and the Southern Sudan was divided in to three provinces. These provinces each had their own governments which were responsible of things such as Health, education and social welfare. In all provinces expect Khartoum and the Central Region Health affairs were under the ministry of social welfare.
The State ministries oversee local healthcare operations like medical laboratories, rural hospitals and healthcare centers.
Ministers #Office HolderTerm start dateTime in office1Ali Bedri1948 years2Mohamed Amin El Sayed1954 years3Mohamed Nour El Din1958 years4Mohammed Ahmed Al-Zaki1958 years5Al-Amin Mohammed Al-Amin1964 years6Ahmed Bahari1965 years7Ahmed Zain Al-Abidin1966 years8Maurice Sidra1969 years9Abu al-Qasim Muhammad Ibrahim1970 years10Nazir Dafallah1974 years11 Khalid Hassan Abbas1974 years12 Ali Muhammad Fadi1982 years13 Abdul Salam Issa1984 years14 Hussein Abu Saleh1985? years15Awad Muhammad Issa16Mamoun Yusuf17 Shakir al-Siraj1989? years18 Bahr Idriss Abu Garda2011? years19 Mohamed Abu Zeid Mustafa? years20 Akram Al-Toumi2019 years21 Muaz Omer Bakhit2025 years22 Haitham Ibrahim2026 years
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