Medical Services

• Set national standards and norms.
• Co-ordinates medical services at the District/Provincial hospitals and link them with national referral hospitals.
• Conduct regular medical audit.
• Ensuring availability of quality and adequate radiography services in hospitals
• Coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the medical social services provided in the country
• Provision and coordination of quality mental health services
• Address Social Factors which impact on ill Health

Surgical Services

• Develop, Disseminate & oversee the implementation of National Standards and Norms on Best Practices in Surgery & Rehabilitation Services.
• Monitor & Evaluate the Provision of quality surgical & rehabilitation services in all hospitals.
• Undertake Capacity Strengthening & Retooling of management, support and service delivery staff.
• Ensure Security for the relevant Medical Commodities & Supplies
• Ensure availability of appropriate and Functional infrastructure & skills to deliver quality surgical & rehabilitative services.
• Ensure Implementation of the National Referral Strategy, particularly establishing     effective linkage within the various levels of care (district to regional to referral hospitals).
• Ensure Implementation of Regular Medical Audits of all surgical & rehabilitative services in the hospitals.

Nursing

• Planning, supervising and directing nursing services
• Overseeing nursing education
• Monitoring and evaluation of nursing services
• Developing and reviewing nursing policies,  standards, and guidelines
• Planning and deploying and reviewing deployment of nursing staff
• Overseeing procurement and managing distribution of non- pharmaceuticals supplies and medical instruments
• Conduct and disseminate operational research findings on nursing

Pharmacy

• KNPP Development and Coordination
• Pharmaceutical HR Management and Development
• Essential Medicines Supplies Management
• Medicines Information & Appropriate Utilization
• Medicines Regulation & Quality Assurance
• Clinical Pharmaceutical Services

Technical Administration

• Coordinating implementation of projects in infrastructure development and maintenance
• Coordinating provision of health information for use in planning and management
• Coordination and support for management of medical equipment and plants
• Overseeing development and dissemination of policy guidelines on equipping health facilities, provision of technical support services and improvements in management of health information.
• Coordinating departmental staff training

Standards, Research & Regulation

• Strengthening Quality management in health care
• Enhance the regulatory role of the ministry of medical services
• Enhance contribution of health research in informing policy and in development agendas
• Provision of scientific diagnostic, analytical and forensic services.
• Coordinating e-health, Continuing Professional Development and alternative medicine activities/Programmes within the health sector
• Coordinate medical legal services in the ministry of medical services
• Auditing of public, private, FBOs, NGOs drug stores and pharmacies

Technical Planning and Coordination

• Planning
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Sector  Planning

Diagnostic and Forensic Services

• Diagnose disease based on evidence
• Analyze specimens
• Advice the government  on issues related to Medical Laboratory services
• Deployment of Medical laboratory technologists and Technicians throughout the country
• Purchase and distribute laboratory chemicals/reagents  throughout the country
• Provide reference services in the country
• Managing and coordinating laboratory services countrywide
• Developing and review national laboratory services
• Managing Hospital blood transfusion services
• Planning and budgeting for laboratory service