Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

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government ministry health ministry welfare ministry

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) is the central government agency responsible for public health, healthcare policy, social welfare, and related services in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) canonical	2
Department of Health (Taiwan)	1
中華民國衛生福利部	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3637643 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
Context triple: [Executive Yuan, oversees, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)]

A. Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health was the former UK government department responsible for national public health and healthcare policy before its functions were taken over by successor bodies.
B. Ministry of Health (Myanmar)
The Ministry of Health (Myanmar) is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing public health policy, healthcare services, and medical education across Myanmar.
C. Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare
The Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare was a former government ministry of Japan responsible for national public health policy, medical services, and social welfare programs before its functions were merged into the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
D. Vietnamese Ministry of Health
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is the central government body responsible for national health policy, public health management, and regulation of medical services and education in Vietnam.
E. Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) is the central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing Taiwan’s cultural policies, including the promotion of arts, heritage preservation, and cultural industries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
Target entity description: The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) is the central government agency responsible for public health, healthcare policy, social welfare, and related services in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

A. Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health was the former UK government department responsible for national public health and healthcare policy before its functions were taken over by successor bodies.
B. Ministry of Health (Myanmar)
The Ministry of Health (Myanmar) is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing public health policy, healthcare services, and medical education across Myanmar.
C. Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare
The Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare was a former government ministry of Japan responsible for national public health policy, medical services, and social welfare programs before its functions were merged into the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
D. Vietnamese Ministry of Health
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is the central government body responsible for national health policy, public health management, and regulation of medical services and education in Vietnam.
E. Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) is the central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing Taiwan’s cultural policies, including the promotion of arts, heritage preservation, and cultural industries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ health ministry ⓘ welfare ministry ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	executive branch ⓘ
collaboratesWith	local health bureaus in Taiwan ⓘ
coordinatesWith	World Health Organization ⓘ surface form: World Health Organization (indirectly via international mechanisms) health ministries of other countries ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
formedBy	merger of Department of Health and social welfare agencies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Taipei Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
jurisdiction	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
legalStatus	cabinet-level agency ⓘ
nativeName	Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 中華民國衛生福利部
officialLanguage	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
oversees	Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan) ⓘ Food and Drug Administration (Taiwan) ⓘ Health Promotion Administration ⓘ National Health Insurance Administration ⓘ National Pension program ⓘ Social and Family Affairs Administration ⓘ hospitals under MOHW ⓘ
parentAgency	Executive Yuan ⓘ
policyArea	health promotion ⓘ pandemic preparedness ⓘ social safety net ⓘ universal health coverage ⓘ
predecessor	Council of Social Welfare (Taiwan) ⓘ Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Health (Taiwan)
responsibleFor	child and family welfare ⓘ disability welfare ⓘ disease prevention ⓘ elderly welfare ⓘ epidemic control ⓘ food and drug regulation ⓘ health insurance policy ⓘ healthcare policy ⓘ long-term care policy ⓘ mental health policy ⓘ public health ⓘ social assistance programs ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
sector	public health sector ⓘ social welfare sector ⓘ
shortName	MOHW ⓘ
supervises	medical institutions under its jurisdiction ⓘ
usesScript	Traditional Chinese ⓘ
website	https://www.mohw.gov.tw ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Executive Yuan → oversees → Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) ⓘ

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) → nativeName → Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 中華民國衛生福利部

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) → predecessor → Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Health (Taiwan)

Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee → oversightOf → Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) ⓘ

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