health minister
Let an agent explain the office of health minister and its powers in a given country, identify the current holder from official sources, relay ministry structure and responsibilities, and keep statements about individual ministers sourced and neutral.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Office What the office is.
Powers
Powers and duties.
Powers
Powers.
- What are the powers and responsibilities of the health minister in this country? definition
- Is the question about the minister, the ministry, an agency head or a medical officer? boundary
Appointment
Appointment and accountability.
Appointment
Appointment.
- How is the minister appointed and held accountable? provenance
- Which entry fits the government of the country? action
Holder Current and past holders.
Current
Current minister.
Current
Current.
- Who holds the office now, from official sources? provenance
- Is the information current and sourced? boundary
History
Past holders.
History
History.
- Who held the office previously, and how has it developed? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific person? action
Policy Policy and system.
Policy
Health policy.
Policy
Policy.
- What policies is the ministry pursuing, and how are they assessed, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
System
The health system.
System
System.
- How does the ministry relate to the health system and its agencies? provenance
- Which entry fits the health system? action
International International role.
WHO
World Health Organization.
WHO
WHO.
- What role do health ministers play in the World Health Assembly and international health regulations? provenance
- Which entry fits the WHO? action
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How does the office compare across countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Health Minister of Equatorial Guinea, Federal Minister for Health, Deputy Minister of Health of Mozambique, Minister of Health of Mozambique, Minister of Health, Minister of Welfare, Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, Minister of Health and Labour, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Minister of Health and Social Policy and Equality, Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs of Spain
What it is Filled
The member of a government responsible for health policy and the health system, usually heading a ministry or department of health, accountable to the head of government and the legislature, and representing the country in bodies such as the World Health Assembly; titles, powers and the split between national and regional ministers vary by country.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the office of health minister and its powers in a given country, identify the current holder from official sources, relay ministry structure and responsibilities, and keep statements about individual ministers sourced and neutral.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Political head of health policy
- Accountable to legislature and head of government
- Represents the country internationally
- Varies by constitutional system
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present outdated information about office holders as current.
- Attribute statements to a minister without a source.
- Impersonate a minister or issue health guidance in their name.
- Confuse the minister with chief medical officers or agency heads.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing allegations about a named minister.
May
- Report who holds the office and their record with date and source.
- Explain the role of the health minister in the system of government.
Moral aspects Filled
- Health ministers make decisions on life and death; accurate reporting of them matters to the public.
Who is affected
- Citizens and patients
- Office holders
- Health workers
Owners Filled
Steward
The government that appoints them, accountable to the legislature.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q83307 - registry parent class
related
- minister - a government office
- ministry of health - the department
- health system - the policy domain
- country - at the World Health Assembly
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.health-minister
- Wikidata: Q3273722 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3273722)
- official title: per country
- government register entry: per country lists office holders
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Government member heading health policy
- Titles vary: minister, secretary, federal minister
- Health agency chiefs and chief medical officers are other roles
- Not a physical object; a person holding a government office.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the office and its powers
- identify the current holder from official sources
- relay ministry responsibilities
- route policy debates to attributed sources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stale information about office holders
- Unsourced statements about living politicians
- Confusing national and regional ministers
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Constitutional and statutory provisions creating the office
- Ministerial codes of conduct
- International Health Regulations obligations of states
Context of use required Filled
- Leading health policy and the health system in government.
- national health ministers
- regional and state health ministers in federations
- deputy and junior health ministers
- combined health and welfare or social affairs ministers
- historical holders of the office
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q3273722: health minister - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Minister of health - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each country office be a separate entry?
- How should official government directories be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific country offices; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3273722/spec.json