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The ministry is composed of two departments: Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research.[5]

See also: Healthcare in India
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)
13 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)[6]
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)
Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
Universal Immunisation Programme
Medical Council of India
Dental Council of India
Pharmacy Council of India
Indian Nursing Council
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC)
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), South Delhi
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi: founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world
National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL)
Department of Health Research
The Department of Health Research (DHR) was created in 2007 and became functional the following year.[7]

Department of AYUSH
The Department of AYUSH no more falls under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it was elevated to the Ministry of AYUSH with effect 9 November 2014.

The Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) deals with ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine), yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha, and homoeopathy, and other alternative medicine systems. Now 'Sowa-Rigpa' (the Tibetian medicine system) has also been added to AYUSH

The department was established in March 1995 as the Department of Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy (ISM&H). The department is charged with upholding educational standards in the Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy colleges, strengthening research, promoting the cultivation of medicinal plants used, and working on pharmacopoeia standards. Bodies under the control of the