Austria’s federal ministry responsible for health policy, long-term care, social affairs and consumer protection under its current portfolio.
Health Governance Explorer, Pilot country
How Austria’s health governance works
Federal health policy, public-health planning and medicines oversight
Austria’s health system has federal, provincial and social-insurance responsibilities. This pilot explains selected federal institutions and explicitly distinguishes ministry supervision from medicines-regulation operations.
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Government health structure
Click an organization to open its profile. Each labelled relationship links to official evidence.Central health authority
Public-health planning and research
Austria’s national public-health, health-planning and research institution, publicly owned and scientifically independent in its research.
Food, health and scientific services
Austrian public expert agency for risk assessment and safety in human health, food and related sectors, with medicines-market activities carried out through its division.
Medicines and medical-device authority
Austrian federal authority responsible for statutory medicines and medical-device oversight, working operationally with AGES Medical Market Surveillance.
Connections are labelled by the exact verified relationship, not by visual position or shared geography.
Public-health planning and research
- Gesundheit Österreich GmbH →
Austria’s national public-health, health-planning and research institution, publicly owned and scientifically independent in its research.
Food, health and scientific services
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety →
Austrian public expert agency for risk assessment and safety in human health, food and related sectors, with medicines-market activities carried out through its division.
Medicines and medical-device authority
- Federal Office for Safety in Health Care →
Austrian federal authority responsible for statutory medicines and medical-device oversight, working operationally with AGES Medical Market Surveillance.
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety — Public health & food-safety agency
- Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection — Government health ministry
- Federal Office for Safety in Health Care — Medicines & health-product regulator
- Gesundheit Österreich GmbH — National public-health research institute
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.