Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia

E646996

government ministry health ministry social affairs ministry

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing public policies on health, social security, and social protection across the country.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia canonical	3
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia	1
national health agencies of Colombia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7186764 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
Context triple: [Executive branch of Colombia, oversees, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia]

A. Ministry of the Interior of Colombia
The Ministry of the Interior of Colombia is the national government body responsible for internal affairs, political relations, and coordination with regional and local authorities within the country.
B. Ministry of Culture of Colombia
The Ministry of Culture of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing cultural policies, preserving heritage, and promoting the arts throughout Colombia.
C. Council of Ministers of Colombia
The Council of Ministers of Colombia is the collective body of senior government ministers who assist the President in directing national policy and administering the executive branch.
D. Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia
The Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s justice, legal, and criminal policy frameworks.
E. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia is the national government body responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, managing diplomatic relations, and representing Colombia in international organizations and negotiations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
Target entity description: The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing public policies on health, social security, and social protection across the country.

A. Ministry of the Interior of Colombia
The Ministry of the Interior of Colombia is the national government body responsible for internal affairs, political relations, and coordination with regional and local authorities within the country.
B. Ministry of Culture of Colombia
The Ministry of Culture of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing cultural policies, preserving heritage, and promoting the arts throughout Colombia.
C. Council of Ministers of Colombia
The Council of Ministers of Colombia is the collective body of senior government ministers who assist the President in directing national policy and administering the executive branch.
D. Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia
The Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia is the national government body responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s justice, legal, and criminal policy frameworks.
E. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia is the national government body responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, managing diplomatic relations, and representing Colombia in international organizations and negotiations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ health ministry ⓘ social affairs ministry ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Colombia ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ
fieldOfWork	public health ⓘ social protection policy ⓘ social security ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of intersectoral health actions ⓘ formulation of national health policy ⓘ formulation of social protection policy ⓘ implementation of national health policy ⓘ implementation of social protection policy ⓘ regulation of health sector actors ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bogotá ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colombia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish ⓘ
legalForm	national public entity ⓘ
nativeLabel	Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
oversees	health promotion entities in Colombia ⓘ health service provider networks in Colombia ⓘ public health institutes in Colombia ⓘ social security system in health in Colombia ⓘ
partOf	Government of Colombia ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of public hospitals in Colombia ⓘ disease prevention programs in Colombia ⓘ epidemiological surveillance in Colombia ⓘ health emergency response in Colombia ⓘ health promotion programs in Colombia ⓘ healthcare system regulation in Colombia ⓘ mental health policy in Colombia ⓘ national vaccination policy in Colombia ⓘ nutrition policy in Colombia ⓘ occupational health policy in Colombia ⓘ public health policy in Colombia ⓘ public health research policy in Colombia ⓘ regulation of health insurance in Colombia ⓘ regulation of medical devices in Colombia ⓘ regulation of pharmaceuticals in Colombia ⓘ social protection policy in Colombia ⓘ social security policy in Colombia ⓘ
sector	health ⓘ social protection ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of Colombia ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	executive branch agency ⓘ
website	https://www.minsalud.gov.co/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Executive branch of Colombia → oversees → Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia ⓘ

Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia → nativeLabel → Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia ⓘ

linked to: Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia

Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia → oversees → Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia ⓘ

Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia → officeHolderOf → Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia ⓘ

Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia → hasAuthorityOver → national health agencies of Colombia ⓘ