Ministry of Health (Chile) Ministry

The Ministry of Health of Chile, also known as MINSAL, is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling and informing the public health policies formulated by the President of Chile. Notably, all employees pay 7% of their monthly income to FONASA, the funding branch of the Chilean Ministry of Health.

The current Minister of Health is Enrique Paris. The minister has two adjunts: the Undersecretary of Public Health, currently Paula Daza, and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, currently Alberto Dougnac.