France’s 2026 ministry responsible for public health, the health system and areas of family, autonomy and disability policy.
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How health governance works in France
Public-health surveillance and medicines safety under ministerial supervision
The chart features two public administrative institutions with ministerial supervision, plus a selected internal scientific directorate. Independent healthcare assessment bodies outside this ministry chain are not shown as subordinate units.
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Government health structure
Open an organization profile from the chart. Relationship labels and evidence links show how institutions connect.Same level = institutions connected to the central authorityLower level = institution connected through another agency
Verified institutional connections are shown in a horizontal hierarchy. Organizations sharing a row need not have identical legal status; read each relationship label.
Central health authority
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
National public health
- Santé publique France →
Public administrative institution supervised by the French health ministry and responsible for health surveillance, prevention and emergency preparedness.
- Direction des maladies infectieuses, Santé publique France →
Infectious-disease surveillance directorate within Santé publique France, including microbiological and epidemiological programmes.
Medicines safety
- Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé →
French medicines and medical-products public agency under ministerial supervision, with statutory public-health functions.
- Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé — Medicines & health-product regulator
- Direction des maladies infectieuses, Santé publique France — Internal public-health science division
- Ministère de la Santé, des Familles, de l’Autonomie et des Personnes handicapées — Government health ministry
- Santé publique France — National public-health agency
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.