The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is a ministry of the Government of India charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India.
The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Jagat Prakash Nadda, while the current Minister of State for Health are Anupriya Patel and Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav.
Since 1955, the Ministry regularly publishes the Indian Pharmacopoeia through the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous body for setting standards for drugs, pharmaceuticals and healthcare devices and technologies in India.
Organisation
The ministry is composed of various departments and organisation. Directorate General of Health Services (India) and Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research.
Directorate General of Health Services
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is a department responsible for technical knowledge concerning Public Health, Medical Education and Health Care.
Department of Health
The Department of Health deals with health care, including awareness campaigns, immunisation campaigns, preventive medicine, and public health. Bodies under the administrative control of this department are:
Department of Family Welfare
The Department of Family Welfare (FW) is responsible for aspects relating to family welfare, especially in reproductive health, maternal health, pediatrics, information, education and communications; cooperation with NGOs and international aid groups; and rural health services. The Department of Family Welfare is responsible for:
Department of Health Research
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion ofÃÂ biomedical research in India
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad
- National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARF-BR), Hyderabad
- National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai
- National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai
- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida
- National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna
- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai
- National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
- National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), Belagavi
- Microbial Containment Complex (MCC), Pune
- National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune
- National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad
- National Institute of Pathology (NIP), Delhi
- National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Delhi
- Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata
- National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
- National Center for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru
- Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center (BMHRC), Bhopal
- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal
- National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJILOMD), Agra
- Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), Madurai
- National Institute of Immunohaemotology (NIIH), Mumbai
- Enterovirus Research Centre (ERC), Mumbai
- Genetic Research Centre (GRC), Mumbai
- National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (NIIRNCD), Jodhpur
- Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Port Blair
- Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Gorakhpur
- Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Bhubaneswar
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh
- ICMR Virus Unit (IVU), Kolkata
- Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), Kolkata
Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers of State
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