All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH) is a pioneering

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n institute for research and training in

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and allied sciences in

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. It was established on 30 December 1932 with assistance from the

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. It functions under Director General of Health Services, New Delhi, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,

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and is now affiliated with

West Bengal University of Health Sciences West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is a Public medical university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical educ ...

, established in 2003.It also has a rural training centre in Singur and urban training centre in Chetla. In 1943, in

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was developed by AIIH&PH in collaboration with the

History

Established with the aid of

, AIIH&PH was inaugurated by

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, the

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on 30 December 1932. The AIIH&PH was a constituent college of the

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. Since its inception, the college has collaborated with the

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. In 1953, the Institute was accredited by WHO and UNICEF as an International Training Centre. The institute carried out the first village health survey in India in 1944-1945, in which a general health survey of nearly 1200 families comprising 7000 members in West Bengal was done. After independence, extension plans were drawn in 1950, at a cost of 90 lakhs, shared equally by Union Health Ministry and

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, to build a Child and Maternity Health section at the institute. In 1995, a public health scientist Dr. Smarajit Jana of AIIH&PH for ''

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee ( bn, দুর্বার মহিলা সমন্বয় সমিতি ''Durbar Mohila Shômonbôe Shomiti'' "Unstoppable Women's Synthesis Committee"), or simply Durbar, is a collective of 65,0 ...

'', sex worker's organisation which works for prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst its 65,000 sex workers. In 2004, the AIIH&PH got affiliated to the newly formed

(WBUHS).

Departments

* Bio-Chemistry and Nutrition *

Epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

* Health Education * Maternal and Child Health * Microbiology * Occupational Health * Public Health Administration * Public Health Nursing * Environmental Sanitation and Sanitary Engineering * Preventive and Social Medicine * Statistics *Behavioural Sciences It is also one of the nine institutions in India, which offer Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management. While the main campus is at

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, in 2011 its second campus at

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also became operational.

Notable faculty

* Chidambara Chandrasekaran, Indian demographer and statistician

References

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* {{authority control 1932 establishments in India Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences Medical colleges in West Bengal Public health organisations based in India Research institutes in Kolkata Medical research institutes in India Research institutes established in 1932 Schools of public health Educational institutions established in 1932

History

Departments

Notable faculty

See also

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