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 Division,  General  Examiner  Executive  Office  Regional  Bureaus  of  Health  and  Welfare  were  established  in   an  integration  of  previous  Regional  Medical  Affairs  Offices  and   regional  narcotic  control  offices  and  in  conjunction  with  the   HVWDEOLVKPHQWRIWKH0LQLVWU\RI+HDOWK/DERXUDQG:HOIDUH7KH Bureaus  provide  supervision  and  guidance  concerning  welfare  and   medical  care,  supervision  of  health  insurance  societies  and   employees’  pension  funds,  and  conducts  anti-­drug  investigations.Affiliated  InstitutionsDirector-­General  for  Policy   Planning  and  EvaluationCounsellor,  Counsellor  for  Policy  EvaluationPension  BureauGeneral  Affairs  Division,  Employees'  Health  Insurance  Division,  National  Health   Insurance  Division,  Division  of  the  Health  Services  System  for  the  Elderly,  Medical   Economics  Division,  Actuarial  Research  DivisionHealth  Insurance   Bureau Health  and  Welfare   Bureau  for  the  ElderlyGeneral 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 DivisionOccupational  Safety  and   Policy  Planning  Division,  Safety  Division,  Industrial  Health  Division,  Chemical   Hazards  Control  Division Health  DepartmentSpecial  facilities  that  ensure  the  independence  and   rehabilitation  of  children  requiring  special  protection.Equal  Employment,  Children   and  Families  BureauGeneral  Affairs  Division,  Equal  Employment  Policy  Division,  Work  and  Family  Harmonization   Division,  Part-­time  Work  and  Home  Work  Division,  Family's  Welfare  Division,  Child-­rearing   Promotion  Division,  Day  Care  Division,  Maternal  and  Child  Health  Divisionsocial  security  systems,  projections  concerning  social  security   benefit  payments,  estimation  of  the  future  population,  National   Fertility  Surveys,  etc.Organization  ChartQuarantine  Stations  are  located  at  international  seaports  and   airports  and  provide  inspections  concerning  the  immunity  against   infectious  diseases  of  humans 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 Health  Division,  Nursing  Division,  Economic  Affairs   Division,  Research  and  Development  Division,  National  Hospital  DivisionAffiliated  InstitutionsGeneral  Affairs  Division,  Cancer  Measures  and  Health  Promotion  Division,   Specific  Disease  Control  Division,  Tuberculosis  and  Infectious  Diseases  Control   Division,  Environmental  Health  Division,  Water  Supply  Division37Ministry  of  Health,  Labour  and  Welfare  2014Pharmaceutical  and   Food  Safety  BureauThis  facility  is  responsible  for  investigations  and  research  to   evaluate  the  safety  and  quality  of  typically  used  pharmaceutical   products,  food,  and  chemicals.General  Affairs  Division,  Working  Conditions  Policy  Division,  Inspection  Division,   Workers’  Life  DivisionThis  facility  is  responsible  for  training  municipal  staff  members   that  are  in  charge  of  health  and  social  welfare  services  and  for   various  surveys  regarding  those  matters.Labour 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