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.
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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.
National Medical Library
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:
National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (see HIV/AIDS in India)
National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences(NBE)
14 National Health Programmes
National AIDS Control Programme (AIDS) Department Of Aids Control (National AIDS Control Organisation) (Details About Aids)
National Cancer Control Programme (cancer) (since 1985)
National Filaria Control Programme (filariasis)
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (iodine deficiency)
National Leprosy Eradication Programme (leprosy)
National Mental Health Programme (mental health)
National Programme for Control of Blindness (blindness)
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (deafness)
National Tobacco Control Programme (tobacco control)
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) (vector-borne disease)
Pilot Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke)
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:
18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six universities and six other institutions across 17 states
National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
Department of Health Research
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of 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
Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies
National Health Systems Resource Centre, a think-tank.
Central Medical Services Society
Pasteur Institute of India