Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

What Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) does

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (衛生福利部) is Taiwan's national government ministry under the Executive Yuan responsible for public health, social welfare, disease control, food and drug safety, and the administration of the National Health Insurance (NHI) program, which provides mandatory universal coverage to approximately 99% of Taiwan's population of roughly 23–24 million people. Its service portfolio spans the citizen-facing Health and Welfare e-Treasure Box portal, the 1966 Long-Term Care Hotline, the Social Safety Net program, and the Health Taiwan Initiative, delivered through nine affiliated agencies (including the National Health Insurance Administration, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, Health Promotion Administration, and Social and Family Affairs Administration) and 17 affiliated medical institutions. The Ministry operates advanced healthcare technology infrastructure including the National Health Insurance IT system, the Taiwan Medical Information Standards Platform (medstandard.mohw.gov.tw), the Taiwan Smart Medical Three Centers initiative, and — launched in 2026 — a High-Performance Computing Center and Cross-Border Federated Learning Platform for healthcare AI. It is funded by central government budget appropriations and statutory NHI premium / National Pension contributions rather than commercial sales, and delivers services direct-to-citizen through online portals, local offices, affiliated hospitals, and 15,962 long-term care service points (as of end-2025), with user volumes in long-term care having grown from 90,000 in 2017 to 872,711 in 2025.

Name

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)

Legal name

Ministry of Health and Welfare (衛生福利部)

Website

https://mohw.gov.tw

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Taiwan's national health and welfare ministry, administering universal National Health Insurance coverage, long-term care, disease control, and food and drug safety for the country's 23 million residents through affiliated agencies and 17 hospitals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Public Health Administration

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Health and Welfare Funds (525120)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Accident & Health Insurance (6321)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Group HMO Plans (FSAIAFAK), Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (MNCH) Programs (BPADAIAC)

Keywords

• Public health administration
• National health insurance
• Social welfare services
• Disease prevention control
• Long-term care programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Taipei

HQ country

Taiwan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Healthcare services, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Appropriations: Central government budget allocated to the Ministry of Health and Welfare for public health administration, social welfare programs, and healthcare services.
2. Social Insurance Contributions: Funding from National Health Insurance (NHI) premiums and National Pension contributions collected from citizens and employers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is a government ministry of Taiwan under the Executive Yuan that administers public health policy, social welfare programs, and operates the National Health Insurance (NHI) system. It oversees disease prevention, food and drug safety regulation, long-term care services, the social safety net, and health promotion, and delivers these through affiliated agencies such as the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (TFDA).

Product overview

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan) operates a platform-based portfolio of government health and welfare services. The core offering includes the 衛生福利e寶箱 (Health and Welfare e-Treasure Box) portal as the main citizen-facing service hub, supported by specialized platforms including the 臺灣醫療資訊標準大平台 (Taiwan Medical Information Standards Platform) for healthcare data interoperability, and the 臺灣智慧醫療三大中心 (Three Major Smart Medical Centers) initiative for smart healthcare advancement. The ministry also oversees various statutory programs including National Health Insurance, long-term care services, disease control, food and drug safety, and social welfare through its affiliated agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 1966 Long-Term Care Hotline: National long-term care consultation and service portal.
• National Health Insurance (NHI) - 全民健康保險
• Social Safety Net (社會安全網)
• Health Taiwan Initiative (健康台灣深耕計畫)

Products and services

• National Health Insurance (NHI)

Quantifiable outcome

• Long-term care service users grew from 90,000 (2017) to 872,711 (2025)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 花蓮縣政府 (Hualien County Government)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Joint coordination with Hualien County Government to activate the 'one household one social worker' service mechanism following the Mafanqi landslide disaster, deploying social workers from Taipei City, Tainan City, Yilan County, and Taitung County to support local disaster response.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (德國夏里特醫院)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2025Taiwan-Germany smart healthcare AI collaboration with Charité, Germany's leading university hospital. The partnership focuses on global healthcare AI federated learning validation and the development of next-generation digital medical platforms.
• 國際扶輪3481地區 (Rotary International District 3481)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 July 2025Rotary District 3481 donated remote medical equipment to support the NHI program's healthcare access in remote and underserved areas of Taiwan.
• Geneva University Hospitals (日內瓦大學醫院)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025The Ministry of Health and Welfare co-hosted an International Forum on Medical Resilience with Geneva University Hospitals, presenting Taiwan's healthcare resilience model and C型肝炎 (Hepatitis C) elimination 'Taiwan Model' to international audiences at the Geneva forum.
• 社工師公會全聯會 (National Association of Social Workers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Collaboration with the National Association of Social Workers to deploy social workers to disaster-affected areas (Hualien following the Mafanqi landslide), providing psychological support, welfare counseling, and case management for victims.
• 世界衛生組織 (WHO) / 世界衛生大會 (WHA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Taiwan's participation in World Health Assembly advocacy and the Taiwan Smart Medical and Health Industry Exhibition as part of international health diplomacy efforts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan): Japan's MHLW is the closest direct peer: an East Asian national government ministry administering universal health insurance, long-term care insurance, and social welfare, while facing a super-aged society. Taiwan's MOHW explicitly references Japan's aging policy framework and operates an analogous single-payer + social insurance structure.
• Department of Health and Social Care (United Kingdom): The UK DHSC is the analogous cabinet-level department administering the NHS, social care, and public health. Its structure of arm's-length bodies (UKHSA, NHS England) parallels MOHW's affiliated agencies (NHI Administration, CDC, NHIA). Both ministries navigate universal coverage sustainability challenges.
• Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia): Australia's Department of Health and Aged Care administers Medicare (universal coverage), aged care policy, and pharmaceutical regulation — directly comparable to MOHW's NHI, long-term care 3.0, and FDA functions. Both face aging population policy pressures.
• Ministry of Health and Welfare (South Korea): South Korea's MOHW is the most direct administrative equivalent — a single ministry overseeing national health insurance (NHIS), long-term care insurance for the elderly, social welfare, and disease control — and serves a population similar to Taiwan in size and demographic trajectory.
• Department of Health (Hong Kong): Hong Kong's Department of Health is a regional peer that operates under similar Chinese-cultural healthcare norms, manages comparable communicable disease surveillance, and oversees health promotion and regulatory functions structurally parallel to Taiwan's MOHW.
• Health Canada / Public Health Agency of Canada: Health Canada and PHAC administer Canada's universal healthcare system, public health, and health product regulation — a federal structure analogous to MOHW's combination of service administration, CDC-equivalent functions, and FDA-equivalent oversight.
• Ministry of Health (Singapore): Singapore's MOH administers universal healthcare subsidies, regulates public healthcare institutions, and operates a comparable structure of statutory boards (analogous to NHI Administration, CDC, HPA). Both ministries deliver integrated policy + service delivery through affiliated public hospitals.

Regional players

• Ministry of Public Health (Thailand): Thailand's MOPH operates the Universal Coverage Scheme (30-baht program) and oversees a comparable affiliated hospital network. As a regional governmental peer in Asia, it shares universal-coverage policy challenges and infectious disease surveillance mandates with MOHW.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. HHS is a broader federal cabinet department covering Medicare/Medicaid, CDC, FDA, and social services — structurally parallel to MOHW but with a much larger scope and population. Functions as a reference architecture for Taiwan's divisional structure.
• National Health Commission (China): China's NHC is the mainland counterpart administering national health policy, disease prevention, and healthcare regulation across 1.4B people. While politically distinct, it represents the regional scale and regulatory parallel relevant to Taiwan's cross-strait health concerns.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MOHW_Taiwan
• YouTubemohw.gov.tw/cp-81-9463-1.html
• Facebookfacebook.com/mohw.gov.tw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministry-of-health-roc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments1 record

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