All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

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| name = All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health

| image = All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health Logo.png

| motto =

| type = Public Health School

| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1932|12|30}}

| academic_affiliations ={{hlist|WBUHS | NMC}}

| budget = {{INRConvert|69.63|c}}
{{small|(FY2023–24 est.)}}

| director = Dr. Ranjan Das

| students = Total Seats

MD - 20
MPH - 7

| city = Kolkata

| state = West Bengal

| country = India

| coordinates = {{coord|22.5761885|N|88.3586926|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title,inline}}

| campus = Large city

| language = English

| free_label1 = Acronym

| free1 = AIIH&PH

| free_label2 = Newspaper

| free2 = Indian Journal of Hygiene and Public Health

| website = {{official URL}}

|}}

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.[http://www.aiihph.gov.in/pages/view/18-about-us About us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730234110/http://www.aiihph.gov.in/pages/view/18-about-us |date=2012-07-30 }}{{cite web |title=All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health |url=http://dgfasli.nic.in/org_profile/masterdetail2.asp?orgid=1002 |publisher=DGFASLI, Mumbai, Ministry of Labour,Government of India |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075221/http://dgfasli.nic.in/org_profile/masterdetail2.asp?orgid=1002 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In 1943, the borehole latrine was developed by AIIH&PH in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.{{cite book|last=Bindeshwar Pathak|title=Road to Freedom: A Sociological Study on the Abolition of Scavenging in India|date=1999|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120812581|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2A13gSHm770C&q=All+India+Institute+of+Hygiene+and+Public+Health+latrine&pg=PA46}}{{cite book|last=B. N. Srivastava|title=Manual Scavenging in India: A Disgrace to the Country|date=1997|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170226390|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c6mNYorw7QC&q=All+India+Institute+of+Hygiene+and+Public+Health+latrine&pg=PA56}}

History

Established with the aid of Rockefeller Foundation, AIIH&PH was inaugurated by Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Bengal on 30 December 1932.{{cite news |title=India Opens Health Institute Given by Rockefeller Interests |publisher=The New York Times, Page 1 |date=31 December 1932 }} 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.{{cite news |title=First Village Health Survey In India|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4sU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=5810,2902369 |newspaper=Indian Express|date=3 February 1948 | page=7 | accessdate=13 July 2018 }} 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.{{cite news |title= 90-lakh Plan For Training In Maternity Child Health|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lrw-AAAAIBAJ&pg=4591,3627737&dq=all+india+institute+of+hygiene+%26+public+health&hl=en |publisher=Indian Express |date=3 May 1950 }}

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.{{cite news |title=The new rhythms of Sonagachi: As the city's sex workers collective turns 20...|url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/24202846/The-new-rhythms-of-Sonagachi.html |publisher=Mint |date=24 February 2012 }} In 2004, the AIIH&PH became affiliated to the newly formed West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS).{{cn|date=October 2023}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Priyanka |date=5 March 2023 |title=Govt to make Kolkata health institute top forum for policy discourse |work=Mint 05 Mar 2023, 11:07 PM IST |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-to-make-kolkata-health-institute-top-forum-for-policy-discourse-11678037846020.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 Mar 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306075620/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-to-make-kolkata-health-institute-top-forum-for-policy-discourse-11678037846020.html |archive-date=Mar 6, 2023}}

Departments

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Public Health Administration
Nursing
Sanitary Engineering

It is also one of the nine institutions in India, which offer Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management.{{cite web |title=Post-Graduate Diploma In Public Health Management |url=http://nihfw.org/courses/pg_diploma_in_phm.html |publisher=Ministry of Health & Family Welfare |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307200629/http://www.nihfw.org/Courses/PG_Diploma_In_PHM.html |archive-date=2012-03-07 }} While the main campus is at Chittaranjan Avenue, in 2011 its second campus at Salt Lake City, Kolkata also became operational.{{cn|date=October 2023}}