Central

The Ministry of Health is responsible for

• Legislation and regulations (i.e. Law on Health Care)
• Implementation of the Public Health Strategy of the Republic of Serbia
• The monitoring and analysis of the main indicators of the population health status;
• The analysis of risk factors for the population's health arising from habits and behaviour of the population and conditions in the environment and work environment;
• The monitoring of preventative healthcare;
• Sanitary and health inspection, and
• The control of sanitary and hygiene condition.

Regional

Autonomous provincial authorities are responsible for:

• Regulating issues in the field of healthcare and health insurance and enhance the health protection, health and pharmaceutical service on the territory, and
• The establishment of institutions for secondary and tertiary health protection ensuring the public interest in the field of health protection.

The Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography is responsible for public health in the territory.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• The maintenance of primary healthcare centres, and
• Health service delivery.

Responsible ministries/bodies

The Ministry of Health

Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography

Sources:

Constitution of the Republic of Serbia

Law of Public Health (Official Gazette of RS 2009).

Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No.62/2009.

The Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography