All India Institute Of Hygiene And Public Health AIIH&PH, Kolkata

Campus Location: Kolkata

Located in The All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health (AIIH&PH) was established in Calcutta on 30th December, 1932. This is the only Post-Graduate Institute of its kind in India, devoted to teaching and research in various disciplines in the health and related sciences and is the oldest school of public health in South-East Asia region. The Institute was started with a generous assistance from the Rockfeller Foundation.The administrative control of AIIH&PH, rests with the Director General of Health Services, New Delhi under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India., All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, established in 1932 as a first school of Public Health in South-East Asia region, has been a Pioneer Institute of its kind dedicated to teaching, training, and research in various disciplines of Public Health and allied sciences to ensure capacity building in the area of Public Health. The teaching, training, and research at AIIH&PH have the unique support of its field laboratories, namely, Urban Health Center, Chetla and Rural Health Unit & Training Center, Singur., The wider canvas available to the Institute has been signified not only by its field laboratories, but also by the diverse disciplines such as Biochemistry and Nutrition, Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Education, Maternal and Child Health, Microbiology, Occupational Health, Public Health Administration, Public Health Nursing, Environmental Sanitation and Sanitary Engineering, Preventive and Social Medicine, Behavioural Sciences, and Statistics operating here., The achievements and contributions of the Institute have been commensurate with the prime status attached to the Institute by its founders. The list of regular courses offered by the Institute indicates that the Institute has been following a holistic approach to the issue of Public Health., The Institute has been running a number of Short Courses / Training Programmes for different categories and groups of Health Force on a regular basis in coordination with State Governments/ Central Ministries/ International agencies / etc., Apart from assuring the nation on the availability of competent Human Resource on Health, and undertaking research to find solutions to the Public Health Challenges, the Institute has undertaken several notable initiatives. This is evident from the following indicative instances.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.