Ministry of Health Balochistan

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Department of Health is a department of Government of Balochistan, Pakistan. The department is a standard body for providing public health, medical education, training and employment in the Balochistan. [1]

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It is headed by the Health Minister of Balochistan on democratic level, while controlled by the Secretary Health as well as the Director General Health Services Balochistan on bureaucratic level. [2]

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Ministry of Public Health of Government of Sindh is responsible of public health in Sindh, Pakistan. The Health Department of the Ministry of Public Health is a standard body for providing public health, medical education, training and employment in the Sindh. Ps 104 (mpa) Saeed ghani is the current Sindh Minister of Local Government, Housing & Town Planning, Rural Development, Public Health Engineering and Health.

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