Het Vlaams Agentschap Zorg & Gezondheid (VAZG) is responsible for the recognition, licensing and subsidizing of various providers and services for health care, elderly care, home care, residential care, and other forms of care, for facilitating the cooperation and data sharing between these services, for the organization of preventive health services such as vaccinations and screening programs, for the control of infectious diseases, for environmental health monitoring, and for the organization of the Flemish social protection programs.