Office of the Permanent Secretary – Administration:
• Department of Human Resources Management and Administration;
• Department of Policy and Planning;
• Department of Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Department of Training and Development;
• Department of Physical Planning and Medical Technologies;
• Legal Unit;
• Health Care Financing Unit;
• Accounts Unit;
• Internal Audit Unit;
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT); and
• Procurement and Supplies Unit.
Office of the Permanent Secretary – Technical Services.
• Department of Clinical Care & Diagnostic Services;
• Department of Public Health;
• Department of Health Promotion, Environment and Social Determinants;
• Department of Nursing Services;
• National Malaria Elimination Centre;
• Department of Global Health;
• Department of Nuclear Medicine and Research; and
• Provincial Health Offices.
The Ministry is also responsible for the following institutions:
• Chest Diseases Laboratory
• Food and Drugs Board
• General Nursing Council of Zambia
• Health Professions Council of Zambia
• Health Research Authority
• Malaria Control Centre
• Medical Stores Limited
• Mwachisompola Health Demonstration Zone Institute
• National Food and Nutrition Commission
• National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council
• National Public Health Institute
• Radiation Protection Authority
• Regional Centre for Disease Control
• Tropical Disease Research Centre
• Occupational Health and Safety Institute
• Zambia Flying Doctor Service
• Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority
• Zambia National Blood Transfusion Services
• Zambia Red Cross Society
According to gazette notice No. 836 of 2016, the Ministry of Health is responsible for the following portfolio functions:
• Curative services
• Drugs
• Food and Nutrition Policy
• Health Care
• Health Information System
• Health personnel training
• Health Policy
• Health Services
• Laboratory and research services
• Mental Health policy