Article D1421-1 of the French Public Health Code
The Directorate General for Health prepares the public health policy defined in article L. 1411-1 and contributes to its implementation, in liaison with the other directorates and departments of the Ministry of Health and the other competent ministerial departments, their decentralised departments and the establishments or bodies that depend on them. To this end: 1° On the basis of the strategic and forward-looking analyses it conducts and the research it…