Germany’s federal ministry for health policy with specialist subordinate federal institutes; state-level health authorities remain outside this federal map.
Health Governance Explorer, Pilot country
How health governance works in Germany
Federal health ministry, disease surveillance and medicines oversight
This pilot covers selected national public-health and medicines institutions. Germany’s Länder have significant responsibility for health-service delivery and are outside the scope of this federal overview.
Explore the institutions
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
Federal institute under the German Federal Ministry of Health for public-health research, disease surveillance and prevention.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Public health and surveillance
- Robert Koch Institute →
Federal institute under the German Federal Ministry of Health for public-health research, disease surveillance and prevention.
- Centre for International Health Protection →
Centre within the Robert Koch Institute supporting international health security, surveillance and public-health capacity building.
Medicines and medical devices
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices →
German federal institute under BMG responsible for medicines and medical-device regulation and related health information.
Vaccines and biomedicines
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut →
Germany’s federal institute for vaccines and biomedicines, one of the federal authorities within BMG’s remit.
- Centre for International Health Protection — Internal RKI research centre
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices — Medicines & health-product regulator
- Federal Ministry of Health, Germany — Government health ministry
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut — Federal vaccines and biomedicines institute
- Robert Koch Institute — Government public health 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.