Ministry of Health (Brunei)

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Ministry of Health
Kementerian Kesihatan
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The headquarters in 2025
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 1984 (1984-01-01)
Jurisdiction Government of Brunei
Headquarters Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
4°55′15″N114°56′42″E / 4.920762°N 114.944952°E / 4.920762; 114.944952
Employees5,958 (2024) [1]
Annual budgetIncrease2.svg$392 million BND (2022)
Minister responsible
Website www.moh.gov.bn
Footnotes
[2] [3] [4]

The Ministry of Health (MoH; Malay : Kementerian Kesihatan) is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which oversees the health system in the country. It is currently led by a minister and the incumbent is Mohd Isham Jaafar, [a] who took office since 1 December 2017. [3] [4] The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.

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History

One physician from Europe was engaged by the medical service in 1939. In the reports that are available, no other doctors are named. Moreover, one student midwife and three midwives. [6] As of 1949, an officer of the Malayan Medical Service, which has its headquarters in Brunei Town, is in charge of overseeing medical and health management throughout the nation. [7] Early in 1965, the Brunei Medical and Health Department launched the region's first government "flying doctor service," continuing a British Army practice of delivering medical care to rural residents. [8]

Responsibilities

The ministry oversees four government hospitals and 60 health centres and clinics nationwide. [b] [9]

As of 2017, the ministry has been responsible in enforcing 11 legislations related to public health, healthcare professionals (including dentists, midwives, nurses and pharmacists), infectious diseases, medicines, mental health, poison, and tobacco. [10]

The ministry manages the Brunei Healthcare Information Management System, commonly known as Bru-HIMS, [c] the national electronic patient record system. [9] [11] It was introduced on 11 September 2012. [11]

The ministry also manages BruHealth, the national personal health record smartphone app which is integrated with Bru-HIMS. [12] It was introduced on 14 May 2020, initially as the national COVID-19 contact tracing app. [13] Access to personal medical records was eventually introduced in the app in September in the same year. [14]

The ministry is playing a key role in handling the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

Budget

In the fiscal year 2022–23, the ministry has been allocated a budget of B$392 million, [d] a 1.2 percent increase from the previous year. [2]

List of ministers

Ministers

Symbols
  Acting minister
No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeMonarchRef.
1 Yang Berhormat Haji Awang Abd. Aziz.jpg Abdul Aziz Umar 1 January 198420 October 19862 years, 292 days Hassanal Bolkiah [16]
2 YB Dato Dr Haji Johar.jpg Johar Noordin 20 October 198625 March 199811 years, 132 daysHassanal Bolkiah [17] [18]
– Yang Berhormat Haji Awang Abd. Aziz.jpg Abdul Aziz Umar25 March 199817 May 20024 years, 53 daysHassanal Bolkiah [18]
3 Mr. Pehin Abu Baker Apong.jpg Abu Bakar Apong 17 May 200223 May 20053 years, 7 daysHassanal Bolkiah [19] [20]
4 Suyoi Osman - 53858058959.jpg Suyoi Osman 24 May 200528 May 20104 years, 364 daysHassanal Bolkiah [19]
5 Adanan Yusuf - 53857691221.jpg Adanan Yusuf 29 May 201021 October 20155 years, 146 daysHassanal Bolkiah [19] [21]
6 Zulkarnain Hanafi in 2008.jpg Zulkarnain Hanafi 21 October 20151 December 20172 years, 41 daysHassanal Bolkiah [22]
7 Isham Jaafar - 53890736353.jpg Isham Jaafar 1 December 2017Incumbent7 years, 45 daysHassanal Bolkiah [23]

Deputy ministers

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeMonarchRef.
1 Hazair Abdullah.jpg Hazair Abdullah 24 May 200529 May 20104 years, 364 daysHassanal Bolkiah [24]

Notes

  1. 1 2 His current official Malay name is Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awang Haji Md. Isham bin Haji Jaafar. [5]
  2. ↑ as of 2019
  3. ↑ also spelt BruHIMS
  4. ↑ ≈US$282 million as of July 2022 [15]

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