Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Government ministry of India

"MoHFW" redirects here. For MoHFW of Bangladesh, see Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh). For others, see Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (disambiguation).

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Branch of the Indian government

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Agency overview
Formed| 15 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-15)
Jurisdiction| Government of India
Headquarters| Cabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E﻿ / ﻿28.61389°N 77.20889°E﻿ / 28.61389; 77.20889
Annual budget| ₹90,658 crore (US$11 billion) (2024–2025)
Ministers responsible|

* J. P. Nadda, Cabinet Minister
* Anupriya Patel, Ministers of state
* Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav, Ministers of state

Agency executives|

* Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS, Secretary of the Department of Health & Family Welfare
* Rajiv Bahl, Secretary of the Department of Health Research
* Atul Goel (CHS), Director General of Health Services
* L S Changsan (IAS), CEO of the National Health Authority

Child agencies|

* Department of Health & Family Welfare
* Department of Health Research

Website| Official website

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (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.[1][2]

The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Jagat Prakash Nadda, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to J. P. Nadda) are Anupriya Patel and Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav.

Since 1955 the Ministry regularly publishes the Indian Pharmacopoeia through the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous body for setting standards for drugs, pharmaceuticals and healthcare devices and technologies in India.[3]

## Organisation

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The ministry is composed of various departments and organisation. Directorate General of Health Services (India) and Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research.[4]

See also: Healthcare in India

### Directorate General of Health Services

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Main article: Directorate General of Health Services (India)

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is a department responsible for technical knowledge concerning Public Health, Medical Education and Health Care.[5]

### Department of Health

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Food safety

Terms

* Foodborne illness
* Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
* Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP)
* Hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls (HARPC)
* Critical control point

Critical factors

* FAT TOM
* pH
* Water activity (aw)

Bacterial pathogens

* Clostridium botulinum
* Escherichia coli
* Listeria
* Salmonella
* Vibrio cholerae
* Cronobacter spp

Viral pathogens

* Enterovirus
* Hepatitis A
* Norovirus
* Rotavirus

Parasitic pathogens

* Cryptosporidium
* Entamoeba histolytica
* Giardia
* Trichinella

* v
* t
* e

The Department of Health deals with health care, including awareness campaigns, immunisation campaigns, preventive medicine, and public health. Bodies under the administrative control of this department are:[citation needed]

* National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (see HIV/AIDS in India)
* National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences(NBE)
* 14 National Health Programmes
* National AIDS Control Programme (AIDS) Department Of Aids Control (National AIDS Control Organisation) (Details About Aids)
* National Cancer Control Programme (cancer) (since 1985)[6]
* National Filaria Control Programme (filariasis)
* National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (iodine deficiency)
* National Leprosy Eradication Programme (leprosy)
* National Mental Health Programme (mental health)
* National Programme for Control of Blindness (blindness)
* National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (deafness)
* National Tobacco Control Programme (tobacco control)
* National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) (vector-borne disease)
* Pilot Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke)
* National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (Climate change)
* Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
* Universal Immunisation Programme
* National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS[7](mental health)
* National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore
* National Medical Commission(NMC)
* Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
* Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB)
* Medical Assessment and Rating Board
* Ethics and Medical Registration Board
* Dental Council of India
* Pharmacy Council of India
* Indian Nursing Council
* All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru
* All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai
* Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
* Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
* National Centre for Disease Control

### Department of Family Welfare

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The Department of Family Welfare (FW) is responsible for aspects relating to family welfare, especially in reproductive health, maternal health, pediatrics, information, education and communications; cooperation with NGOs and international aid groups; and rural health services. The Department of Family Welfare is responsible for:[citation needed]

* 18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six universities and six other institutions across 17 states
* National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi
* International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
* Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow

### Department of Health Research

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The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [8][9]

* Indian Council of Medical Research
* National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad
* National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARF-BR), Hyderabad
* National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai
* National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai
* National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida
* National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi
* Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna
* National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai
* National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
* National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), Belagavi
* Microbial Containment Complex (MCC), Pune
* National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune
* National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad
* National Institute of Pathology (NIP), Delhi
* National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Delhi
* Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry
* National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata
* National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
* National Center for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru
* Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center (BMHRC), Bhopal
* National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal
* National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJILOMD), Agra
* Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), Madurai
* National Institute of Immunohaemotology (NIIH), Mumbai
* Enterovirus Research Centre (ERC), Mumbai
* Genetic Research Centre (GRC), Mumbai
* National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (NIIRNCD), Jodhpur
* Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Port Blair
* Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Gorakhpur
* Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Bhubaneswar
* Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh
* ICMR Virus Unit (IVU), Kolkata
* Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), Kolkata

### Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies

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*     * National Health Systems Resource Centre, a think-tank.
* Central Medical Services Society

## Cabinet Ministers

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No. | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
Minister of Health
1  |  |  | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ
(1887–1964)
MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952
MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952 | 15 August
1947  | 13 May
1952  | 9 years, 244 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru
13 May
1952  | 17 April
1957  | Nehru II
2  |  |  | D. P. Karmarkar
(1902–1991)
MP for Dharwad North
(MoS)  | 17 April
1957  | 9 April
1962  | 4 years, 357 days | Nehru III
3  |  |  | Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(MoS)  | 10 April
1962  | 27 May
1964  | 2 years, 145 days | Nehru IV
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
9 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Minister of Health and Family Planning
(3)  |  |  | Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(MoS)  | 24 January
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 323 days | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi
4  |  |  | Sripati Chandrasekhar
(1918–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
(MoS)  | 13 March
1967  | 14 November
1967  | 246 days | Indira II
5  |  |  | Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga | 14 November
1967  | 14 February
1969  | 1 year, 92 days
6  |  |  | Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(1908–1986)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 14 February
1969  | 19 May
1971  | 2 years, 94 days | Indian National Congress (R)
7  |  |  | Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 19 May
1971  | 5 February
1973  | 1 year, 262 days | Indira III
8  |  |  | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Khed
(MoS)  | 5 February
1973  | 9 November
1973  | 277 days
9  |  |  | Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur | 9 November
1973  | 24 March
1977  | 3 years, 135 days
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10  |  |  | Raj Narain
(1917–1986)
MP for Allahabad | 28 March
1977  | 1 July
1978  | 1 year, 95 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai
–  |  |  | Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister)  | 1 July
1978  | 24 January
1979  | 207 days
11  |  |  | Rabi Ray
(1926–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha | 28 July
1979  | 14 January
1980  | 170 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | Charan Singh
12  |  |  | B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi | 16 January
1980  | 31 October
1984  | 4 years, 350 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984  | 31 December
1984  | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi
13  |  |  | Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut | 31 December
1984  | 24 June
1986  | 1 year, 175 days | Rajiv II
–  |  |  | Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister)  | 24 June
1986  | 14 February
1988  | 1 year, 235 days
14  |  |  | Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 14 February
1988  | 24 January
1989  | 345 days
15  |  |  | Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS, I/C)  | 24 January
1989  | 4 July
1989  | 161 days
16  |  |  | Rafique Alam
(1929–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(MoS, I/C)  | 4 July
1989  | 2 December
1989  | 151 days
17  |  |  | Nilamani Routray
(1920–2004)
MP for Puri | 6 December
1989  | 23 April
1990  | 138 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh
18  |  |  | Rasheed Masood
(1947–2020)
MP for Saharanpur
(MoS, I/C)  | 23 April
1990  | 10 November
1990  | 201 days
19  |  |  | Shakeelur Rehman
(1931–2016)
MP for Darbhanga | 21 November
1990  | 20 February
1991  | 91 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar
–  |  |  | Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)  | 20 February
1991  | 21 June
1991  | 121 days
20  |  |  | Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 21 June
1991  | 17 January
1993  | 1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(12)  |  |  | B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi | 18 January
1993  | 22 December
1994  | 1 year, 338 days
–  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)  | 23 December
1994  | 11 June
1995  | 170 days
21  |  |  | A. R. Antulay
(1929–2014)
MP for Kolaba | 11 June
1995  | 16 May
1996  | 340 days
22  |  |  | Sartaj Singh
(born 1940)
MP for Narmadapuram | 16 May
1996  | 1 June
1996  | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
–  |  |  | H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister)  | 1 June
1996  | 29 June
1996  | 28 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda
23  |  |  | Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953)
MP for Badaun
(MoS, I/C)  | 29 June
1996  | 21 April
1997  | 345 days
21 April
1997  | 9 June
1997  | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral
–  |  |  | Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister)  | 9 June
1997  | 19 March
1998  | 283 days
24  |  |  | Dalit Ezhilmalai
(1945–2020)
MP for Chidambaram
(MoS, I/C)  | 20 March
1998  | 14 August
1999  | 1 year, 0 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
–  |  |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)  | 14 August
1999  | 16 August
1999  | 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party
25  |  |  | A. K. Patel
(born 1931)
MP for Mehsena
(MoS, I/C)  | 16 August
1999  | 13 October
1999  | 58 days
26  |  |  | N. T. Shanmugam
MP for Vellore
(MoS, I/C)  | 13 October
1999  | 27 May
2000  | 227 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III
27  |  |  | C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna | 27 May
2000  | 1 July
2002  | 2 years, 35 days | Bharatiya Janata Party
28  |  |  | Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 1 July
2002  | 29 January
2003  | 212 days
29  |  |  | Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand | 29 January
2003  | 22 May
2004  | 1 year, 114 days
30  |  |  | Anbumani Ramadoss
(born 1968)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu | 23 May
2004  | 29 March
2009  | 4 years, 310 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh
31  |  |  | Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore
(MoS, I/C)  | 29 March
2009  | 22 May
2009  | 54 days | Indian National Congress
32  |  |  | Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir | 29 May
2009  | 26 May
2014  | 4 years, 362 days | Manmohan II
33  |  |  | Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk | 27 May
2014  | 9 November
2014  | 99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi
34  |  |  | Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh | 9 November
2014  | 30 May
2019  | 4 years, 202 days
(33)  |  |  | Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk | 31 May
2019  | 7 July
2021  | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II
35  |  |  | Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 7 July
2021  | 9 June
2024  | 2 years, 338 days
(34)  |  |  | Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh | 10 June
2024  | Incumbent | 1 year, 53 days | Modi III

## List of ministers of state

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Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  Minister of state | Portrait  | Term  | Years  | Prime Minister  | Political Party

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Faggan Singh Kulaste |  | 5 July 2016  | 3 September 2017  | 1 year, 60 days  | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Anupriya Patel |  | 5 July 2016  | 30 May 2019  | 2 years, 329 days  | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |
Ashwini Kumar Choubey |  | 3 September 2017  | 7 July 2021  | 3 years, 307 days  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Bharati Pawar |  | 7 July 2021  | 10 June 2024  | 2 years, 339 days
S. P. Singh Baghel |  | 18 May 2023  | 10 June 2024  | 1 year, 23 days
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav |  | 10 June 2024  | Incumbent | 1 year, 53 days  | Shiv Sena |
Anupriya Patel |  | 10 June 2024  | Incumbent | 1 year, 53 days  | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |

## See also

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* Central Health Service (CHS)
* Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
* Mission Indradhanush
* Arogyavani
* Integrated disease surveillance program (IDSP)
* Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PMDHM)
* Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
* Health effects of pesticides
* Pesticide poisoning
* Pesticide residue
* Environmental impact of pesticides
* Pesticide regulation in the United States
* Regulation of pesticides in the European Union

## References

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1. ^ "Suspension of anti-diabetes drug takes industry by surprise". The Hindu. June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
2. ^ "Let the science decide", The Hindu, July 24, 2013, retrieved 1 August 2013
3. ^ "Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission". ipc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
4. ^ "Departments :: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare".
5. ^ "Directorate General Of Health Services". dghs.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2024-08-04. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
6. ^ Rath, Goura Kishor (Winter 2014). "National cancer control and registration program in India". Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 34 (4): 288–90\. doi:10.4103/0971-5851.144991. PMC 4264276. PMID 25538407 – via National Institutes of Health.
7. ^ "Tele MANAS". telemanas.mohfw.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
8. ^ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "About us". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
9. ^ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "GRANT-IN-AID SCHEME FOR INTER-SECTORAL CONVERGENCE & COORDINATION FOR PROMOTION AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH RESEARCH". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Official website
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* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor (Timor-Leste)
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Artsakh
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* Taiwan

Dependencies and
other territories|

* Hong Kong
* Macau

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Health and Healthcare in India

Healthcare|

* Disease surveillance
* Health informatics
* Healthcare
* Healthcare system reform
* Hospitals in India
* Medical colleges
* Organ donation/transplantation
* Vaccination in India
* Universal Immunisation Programme
* Women's health

| Public health system in India|

* Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)
* Anganwadi
* Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM)
* All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
* Primary Health Centre (PHC)
* Mohalla Clinics

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Medicine|

* Pharmacy
* Pharmaceutical industry
* Biotechnology

Diseases|

* Disease-related deaths
* Cardiovascular disease
* Chronic diseases
* Diabetes
* Enterovirus 71 (EV71)
* HIV/AIDS
* Leprosy
* Malnutrition
* Obesity
* Pneumonic plague
* Blue-ear disease
* SARS (outbreak progress)
* Stroke
* Tuberculosis

Government|

* Ministry of Health
* Ayushman Bharat Yojana
* NACO
* National Health Mission
* Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
* Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
* Ministry of Ayush

Agencies and
institutes|

| Public|

* National Centre for Disease Control
* Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
* Indian Council of Medical Research
* National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
* National Institute of Epidemiology
* National Institute of Virology
* Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories
* Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
* Central Drug Research Institute
* Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
* Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
* Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
* Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine
* Institute of Microbial Technology
* Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
* National Chemical Laboratory
* National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

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Epidemics|

* Global pandemics
* Swine Flu
* COVID-19
* Cholera pandemics
* First
* Second
* Third
* Fourth
* Fifth
* Sixth
* Other outbreaks
* Smallpox
* Plague
* Hepatitis
* Bubonic plague

Statistics|

* National Family Health Survey

Studies|

* Million Death Study

Other issues|

* Criminal:  Corruption
* Human trafficking
* Smoking
* Suicide
* Socioeconomic: Demographics
* Environment
* Pollution
* Caste
* Sanitation
* Poverty
* Vegetarianism

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Mental health and healthcare in India

Psychiatric hospitals and
other in-patient units|

* Antara
* Bangur Institute of Neurosciences
* Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi
* Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar
* Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences
* National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
* Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
* State Mental Health Institute
* Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro and Allied Sciences
* Yerwada Mental Hospital

Non-governmental organizations|

* AASRA
* The Alternative Story
* The Banyan
* Lifeline Foundation
* The Live Love Laugh Foundation
* Schizophrenia Research Foundation
* Vandrevala Foundation

Mental health
professional associations|

* Indian Psychiatric Society
* Indian Association of Private Psychiatry
* Indian Association of Clinical Psychology
* National Academy of Psychology

Mental health journals|

* Indian Journal of Psychiatry
* Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
* Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
* Mens Sana Monographs

Key people|

* H. Narayan Murthy
* Radhika Chandiramani
* Bhargavi Davar
* Vikram Patel
* Anirudh Kala
* Alok Sarin
* Indira Sharma
* Shekhar Seshadri
* Girindrasekhar Bose
* M. Sarada Menon

Controversy & criticism|

* Erwadi fire incident
* Political abuse of psychiatry in India

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