Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation MoHFW, is an Indian government ministry 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 Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to Mansukh L. Mandaviya) are Dr Bharati Pawar and S. P. Singh Baghel .
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 two departments: Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research.
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)
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)
National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (Cimate change)
Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
Universal Immunisation Programme
National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS(mental health)
National Medical Commission
Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB)
Medical Assessment and Rating Board
Ethics and Medical Registration Board
Dental Council of India
Pharmacy Council of India
Indian Nursing Council
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
National Centre for Disease Control
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
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
List of ministers
List of ministers of state
See also
Mission Indradhanush
Arogyavani
Integrated disease surveillance program (IDSP)
Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PMDHM)
The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA)
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
References
External links
Official website
Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Official website
National Health Portal (Available in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil and Punjabi)
Health and Family Welfare
Producers who won the Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award