Singapore’s national health ministry responsible for health policy, with statutory boards and affiliated agencies.
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How health governance works in Singapore
Communicable disease control, medicines safety and health promotion
CDA, HSA and HPB are MOH statutory boards, not internal departments. The Health Products Regulation Group is an internal HSA division. A scheduled change in regulatory functions starts 1 November 2026 and is not presented as already effective.
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
Statutory board and national public-health authority established in April 2025 for prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Communicable diseases
- Communicable Diseases Agency →
Statutory board and national public-health authority established in April 2025 for prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Health products regulation
- Health Sciences Authority →
MOH statutory board regulating health products, blood services and forensic scientific services.
- Health Products Regulation Group →
Health Sciences Authority regulatory group managing medical products safety, licensing and authorisations.
Health promotion
- Health Promotion Board →
MOH statutory board for population health promotion and disease prevention programmes.
- Communicable Diseases Agency — Government communicable-diseases agency
- Health Products Regulation Group — Internal regulator division
- Health Promotion Board — Government health-promotion statutory board
- Health Sciences Authority — Statutory medicines regulator
- Ministry of Health, Singapore — 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.