# Ministry of Health and Wellness, Mauritius

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## TL;DR

Mauritius' health ministry. It runs the public hospitals, including the National Cancer Centre, gives chemotherapy at all five regional hospitals, and houses the national cancer registry.

## Summary

The Ministry of Health and Wellness runs Mauritius' public hospitals: five regional hospitals and two district hospitals, supported by seven specialised hospitals including a new cancer hospital, and its list of major infrastructure projects includes the new cancer centre at Solferino. The African Cancer Registry Network's page says specialised cancer treatment (cancer surgery, radiotherapy and brachytherapy) is given at the National Cancer Centre, chemotherapy at all five regional hospitals, and that the national cancer registry sits within the ministry. The Pharmacy Board controls medicines. The ministry publishes a Paediatric Cancer Scheme communiqué (2025), a scanned image OnCo could not read as text. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Port Louis.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: MOHW; Ministry of Health, Mauritius
- City: Port Louis, MU
- Type: government
- Website: https://health.govmu.org/health/

## Sources

- Ministry of Health and Wellness: hospital services: https://health.govmu.org/health/?page_id=5509
- Ministry of Health and Wellness: ongoing major infrastructure projects: https://health.govmu.org/health/?page_id=6991
- Ministry of Health and Wellness: Paediatric Cancer Scheme: https://health.govmu.org/health/?p=10581
- African Cancer Registry Network: Mauritius National Cancer Registry: https://afcrn.org/index.php/membership/membership-list/103-mauritius

## Connected records

- institutions: [Enn Rev Enn Sourir](https://onco.cc/institutions/enn-rev-enn-sourir/), [Link to Life](https://onco.cc/institutions/link-to-life-mauritius/), [Mauritius National Cancer Registry (MNCR)](https://onco.cc/institutions/mauritius-national-cancer-registry/), [National Cancer Centre, Mauritius](https://onco.cc/institutions/mauritius-national-cancer-centre/), [Pharmacy Board, Mauritius](https://onco.cc/institutions/mauritius-pharmacy-board/)

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