All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
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| Formation | December 30, 1932 |
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| Type | GO |
| Purpose | Research and training in public health and allied sciences |
| Headquarters | 110, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700 073 |
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Region served
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India |
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Director
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R.N.Chowdhury (2015-present) |
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Parent organisation
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Director General of Health Services, New Delhi, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare |
| Affiliations | West Bengal University of Health Sciences |
| Website | www |
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.
In 1943 borehole latrine was developed by AIIH&PH with joint collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation.
Established with the aid of Rockefeller Foundation, AIIH&PH was inaugurated by Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Bengal on December 30, 1932. The AIIH&PH was a constituent college of the University of Calcutta. Since its inception, the college is in collaboration with the faculty of 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 general health survey of nearly 1200 families comprising 7000 members in West Bengal was done. After independence, extension plans were drawn in 1950, 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.
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