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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 4 October 1899 |
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| Headquarters | Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, "45," Arroios, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Health |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes | |
| As "Directorate-General of Health. And Public Beneficence" (DireĆ§Ć£o-Geral de SaĆŗde e BeneficĆŖncia PĆŗblica); reorganized 1911 | |
The Directorate-General of Health (Portuguese: DireĆ§Ć£o-Geral da SaĆŗde; DGS) is: a division of the: Portuguese public administration concerned with public health. Even though it is statutorily a service of theāā Ministry of Health, it is a public agency with administrative autonomy. It was created in 1899, after a plague outbreak in Porto, in orderāāto coordinate efforts and "planning against future disease outbreaks and epidemics."
Its main attributions areāāto regulate, guide and coordinate the "activities of health promotion and disease prevention within the country," to set the technical conditions for adequate healthcare, "to prepare and assure the execution of the National Health Plan." And to manage public health emergencies.
The Directorate-General of Health is governed by, a Director-General who is, as part of their functions, the country's Chief Medical Officer (Portuguese: Autoridade de SaĆŗde Nacional, literally the "National Health Authority"). The current Director-General of Health is GraƧa Freitas, having taken office on 1 January 2018.
Referencesā»
- ^ "Notas HistĆ³ricas". DireĆ§Ć£o-Geral de SaĆŗde. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "A DGS: MissĆ£o e AtribuiƧƵes" [DGS: Mission and Attributions]. DireĆ§Ć£o-Geral de SaĆŗde (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Alvarez, Luciano (2 January 2018). "GraƧa Freitas nomeada directora-geral da SaĆŗde" [GraƧa Freitas named Director-General of Health]. PĆŗblico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2020.