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Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea)

보건복지부 (Ministry of Health and Welfare, MOHW)

The main tasks of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, MOHW include health care and quarantine, compulsory administration, pharmacist administration, health insurance, basic living insurance, welfare support, social security and social service policies, and population policy to cope with low birth rate and aging child welfare.