One of the goals of the Ministry is to prevent illness through promoting healthy, secure and nutritious food. The Ministry is responsible for formulating and monitoring all health policies, national programmes and national standards. National health agencies and health institutions at the local level have the role of implementing the health policies and programmes. In 2017, three staff worked on environmental health in the Ministry' and 18 worked in the Environmental Health Department at the National Centre for Public Health. Until 2013, one official in the Ministry was in charge of climate change and health but, since 2013, no action in this area has been taken.