Peruvian Ministry of Health coordinating national health policy and attached public-health research and regulatory organizations.
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National public-health research and medicines regulatory directorate
DIGEMID is a ministry directorate, and INS is an attached research entity with a separate role. The structure does not imply that the two institutions have identical legal status.
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Government health structure
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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
Peru’s public-health research institute attached to MINSA for biomedical research and public-health laboratory science.
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 research
- Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú →
Peru’s public-health research institute attached to MINSA for biomedical research and public-health laboratory science.
Medicines regulation
- Dirección General de Medicamentos, Insumos y Drogas →
National medicines and medical products authority operating as a general directorate within the Ministry of Health.
- Dirección de Productos Farmacéuticos, DIGEMID →
One of four DIGEMID units, covering pharmaceutical products within the national medicines regulatory system.
- Dirección de Productos Farmacéuticos, DIGEMID — Internal medicines regulator division
- Dirección General de Medicamentos, Insumos y Drogas — Internal medicines regulatory directorate
- Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú — National public-health research institute
- Ministerio de Salud, Perú — Government health ministry
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.