Federal health ministry whose regulatory functions have partly transferred to the separate Emirates Drug Establishment.
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How health governance works in United Arab Emirates
Federal medicines oversight and distinct emirate-level health authorities
The horizontal layout includes separate jurisdictions for context: Abu Dhabi and Dubai health authorities are NOT MOHAP subsidiaries. EDE has taken over specified federal regulatory functions from MOHAP; this is a function transfer, not a parent-child claim.
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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
Federal institution assuming selected medicines and healthcare-product regulatory services from MOHAP.
Abu Dhabi emirate public-health agency; not part of a federal MOHAP chain of command.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Federal drug regulation
- Emirates Drug Establishment →
Federal institution assuming selected medicines and healthcare-product regulatory services from MOHAP.
Abu Dhabi emirate jurisdiction
- Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre →
Abu Dhabi emirate public-health agency; not part of a federal MOHAP chain of command.
Dubai emirate jurisdiction
- Dubai Health Authority →
Dubai emirate health authority with separate jurisdiction from the federal MOHAP.
- Public Health Protection Department, Dubai →
A public-health protection department operating within the Dubai Health Authority, focusing on communicable and non-communicable disease programmes.
- Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre — Emirate-level public-health authority
- Dubai Health Authority — Emirate-level health authority
- Emirates Drug Establishment — Federal medicines regulator
- Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE — Federal government health ministry
- Public Health Protection Department, Dubai — Internal emirate public-health division
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.