All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
TypePublic Health School
Established30 December 1932; 91 years ago (1932-12-30)
Academic affiliations
Budget₹69.63 crore (US$8.3 million)
(FY2023–24 est.)
DirectorDr. Ranjan Das
StudentsTotal Seats
  • MD - 20
  • MPH - 7
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India

22°34′34″N 88°21′31″E / 22.5761885°N 88.3586926°E / 22.5761885; 88.3586926
CampusLarge city
LanguageEnglish
AcronymAIIH&PH
NewspaperIndian Journal of Hygiene and Public Health
Websiteaiihph.gov.in Edit this at Wikidata

All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH) is a pioneering Indian institute for research and training in public health and allied sciences in Kolkata. It was established on 30 December 1932 with assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation. It functions under Director General of Health Services, New Delhi, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and is now affiliated with West Bengal University of Health Sciences, established in 2003. It also has a rural training centre in Singur and urban training centre in Chetla.[1][2]

In 1943, the borehole latrine was developed by AIIH&PH in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.[3][4]

History

Established with the aid of Rockefeller Foundation, AIIH&PH was inaugurated by Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Bengal on 30 December 1932.[5] The AIIH&PH was a constituent college of the University of Calcutta. Since its inception, the college has collaborated with the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. 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.[6] After independence, extension plans were drawn in 1950, at a cost of 90 lakhs, shared equally by Union Health Ministry and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, to build a Child and Maternity Health section at the institute.[7]

In 1995, a public health scientist Dr. Smarajit Jana of AIIH&PH for Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, sex worker's organisation which works for prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst its 65,000 sex workers.[8] In 2004, the AIIH&PH became affiliated to the newly formed West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS).[citation needed]

In March 2023 Government planning to revive The institute, transforming it into a world-class ‘School of Public Health’ also plans to convert it into a Deemed university/Deemed Public Health University.[9]

Departments

Departments of AIIH&PH

It is also one of the nine institutions in India, which offer Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management.[10] While the main campus is at Chittaranjan Avenue, in 2011 its second campus at Salt Lake City, Kolkata also became operational.[citation needed]

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. ^ About us Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health". DGFASLI, Mumbai, Ministry of Labour,Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. ^ Bindeshwar Pathak (1999). Road to Freedom: A Sociological Study on the Abolition of Scavenging in India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 46. ISBN 9788120812581.
  4. ^ B. N. Srivastava (1997). Manual Scavenging in India: A Disgrace to the Country. Concept Publishing Company. p. 56. ISBN 9788170226390.
  5. ^ "India Opens Health Institute Given by Rockefeller Interests". The New York Times, Page 1. 31 December 1932.
  6. ^ "First Village Health Survey In India". Indian Express. 3 February 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ^ "90-lakh Plan For Training In Maternity Child Health". Indian Express. 3 May 1950.
  8. ^ "The new rhythms of Sonagachi: As the city's sex workers collective turns 20..." Mint. 24 February 2012.
  9. ^ Sharma, Priyanka (5 March 2023). "Govt to make Kolkata health institute top forum for policy discourse". Mint 05 Mar 2023, 11:07 PM IST. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Post-Graduate Diploma In Public Health Management". Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.