THE MINISTERS OF HEALTH IN TURKEY FROM PAST TO PRESENT

Authors : Fatma TAŞ, Ramazan ERDEM, Necla Yılmaz, İzzet Erdem

Pages : 1-17

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Publication Date : 2018-04-24

Article Type : Conference Paper

Abstract :  It can be said that the Minister of Health has a crucial role in shaping health policies, presentation of healthcare services, and the management and administration of health institutions. The Minister of Health has at the same time a directing and inspecting standing in health service planning of the country with his administrative position. Sometimes a physician, sometimes a military man and sometimes a politician supports his administrative abilities for an effective and quality health service presentation to all citizens in the country. The purpose of this study was to reveal updated profiles of the Ministers of Health who served before and after the Republic in Turkey. In the study, an assessment was made based on the secondary data, and 3 Ministers of Health before the Republic and 49 Ministers of Health from the Republic to present were scrutinized. The first health minister of the era before the republic was Adnan Adıvar M.D. and the first health minister of the republic was Refik Saydam M.D..
Keywords : Health, Minister, Minister of health, Ministry of health