Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport Employee Directory
Government AdministrationSouth Holland, Netherlands1001-5000 Employees
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) is a government administration based in The Hague, Netherlands. It focuses on encouraging healthy behaviors, ensuring access to healthcare, and coordinating with health insurers, care providers, and patient organizations to maintain adequate facilities and patient choice. The ministry also works to strengthen the social infrastructure by addressing groups that are economically or socially disenfranchised, with a focus on welfare, volunteering, and youth care, and it supports sport as a means to improve public health and social engagement while also investing in top-level sport. Its work spans health promotion, social welfare, and sport policy within the Dutch government framework, and it communicates through national channels and social media to reach the public.