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{{short description|Public Health School in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox university
| name = All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
| image = All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health Logo.png
| motto =
| type = [[Public health|Public Health School]]
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1932|12|30}}
| academic_affiliations = [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]
| top_free_label = Recognition
| top_free = [[National Medical Commission]]
| budget = {{INRConvert|69.63|c}}<br />{{small|([[Fiscal year|FY]]2023–24 est.)}}
| director = Dr. Manas Kumar Kundu
| 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 = [[Metropolis|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 [[India]]n 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 and Family Welfare (India)|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.<ref>[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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

In 1943, the [[borehole]] [[latrine]] was developed by AIIH&PH in collaboration with the [[Rockefeller Foundation]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==History==
Established with the aid of [[Rockefeller Foundation]], AIIH&PH was inaugurated by [[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|Sir John Anderson]], the [[Governor of Bengal]] on 30 December 1932.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Opens Health Institute Given by Rockefeller Interests |publisher=The New York Times, Page 1 |date=31 December 1932 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref name=mint2012>{{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 (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=24 February 2012 }}</ref> In 2004, the AIIH&PH became affiliated to the newly formed [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]] (WBUHS).{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In March 2023 [[Government of India|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Priyanka |date=5 March 2023 |title=Govt to make Kolkata health institute top forum for policy discourse |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|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}}</ref>

==Departments==
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{| style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0; margin:auto;"
|+ style="font-size: 100%" | '''Departments of AIIH&PH'''
|- style="vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;"
|
* [[Biochemistry]] and [[Nutrition]]
* [[Epidemiology]]
* [[Health Promotion]] and [[Health education|education]]
|
* [[Maternity]] and [[Child health]]
* [[Microbiology]]
* [[Occupational Health]]
|
* Public Health Administration
* [[Public health nursing|Nursing]]
* [[Sanitary Engineering]]
|
* [[Preventive and social medicine]]
* [[Statistics]]

|}

It is also one of the nine institutions in India, which offer Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management.<ref>{{cite web |title=Post-Graduate Diploma In Public Health Management |url=http://nihfw.org/courses/pg_diploma_in_phm.html |publisher=[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|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 }}</ref> While the main campus is at [[Chittaranjan Avenue]], in 2011 its second campus at [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata]] also became operational.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==Notable faculty==
* [[Chidambara Chandrasekaran]], Indian demographer and statistician{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==See also==
* [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
* [[Central Health Service|Central Health Service (CHS)]]
* [[List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal]]
* [[Education in India]]
* [[Education in West Bengal]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.aiihph.gov.in/}}

{{Colleges affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences}}

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[[Category:1932 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]
[[Category:Medical colleges in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Public health organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Research institutes in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Medical research institutes in India]]
[[Category:Research institutes established in 1932]]
[[Category:Schools of public health]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1932]]

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