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Official data on India's immunisation coverage still stands at 62 per cent as per the National Family Health Survey 4 (2015–16). However, the Union Health Ministry's internal data, presented recently at the 4th Partners’ Forum meeting in New Delhi, stands at 83 per cent, with just 2 per cent unimmunised children.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation MoHFW, is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. [2] [3] The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers.
Merged to form Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs with three departments - Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Department of Sugar and Edible Oils and Department of Consumer Affairs. On 15 October 1999, the new ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, having the same three departments.
The National Commission for Homoeopathy (formerly known as Central Council of Homoeopathy) is a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. Central Council of Homoeopathy was set up by the Government of India in 1973. The National Commission for Homoeopathy was constituted on 5 July 2021 and on the same date, the ...
The institute was established by former union health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss and inaugurated on 3 September 2005 by Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. [4] Till 2010, the research council of Siddha was functioning under the CCRAS in New Delhi, which was established in 1978.
The public health infrastructure in the state includes both government-run hospitals and health centers managed by the department of health. As of 2023 [update] , the state had 404 public hospitals, 1,776 public dispensaries, 11,030 health centers and 481 mobile units run by the government with a capacity of more than 94,700 beds. [ 7 ]
Total available bed strength is 1470. Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital ranked country’s best in maternity care and received the LaQshya Certificate from the Union health ministry, becoming the first medical institute in West Bengal to get it. [6] [7] Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Road-side View
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]