All about the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare primarily deals with health care, including awareness campaigns, immunization campaigns, preventive medicine, and public health. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. As it is a government ministry, it is headed by a cabinet minister.

1. The vision of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:

• The attainment of the highest possible level of health and well-being for all through preventive and promotive health care and universal access to good quality health services without anyone facing financial hardship as a consequence.

2. The mission of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:

• Ensure availability of quality healthcare on an equitable, accessible, and affordable basis across regions and communities
• Establish comprehensive primary healthcare delivery system and well-functioning linkages with secondary and tertiary care health delivery system
• Develop the training capacity for providing human resources with an adequate skill mix at all levels
• Regulate health service delivery and promote rational use of pharmaceuticals in the country

The various departments under Health and Welfare are:

1. VBD Section
2. Blindness Control
3. Bureau of Planning
4. Cancer Control Programme
5. CCA
6. Central Design Bureau
7. CHS
8. Drugs Food Quality control division
9. Emergency Medical Relief
10. IC & IH
11. Immunization
12. Medical Education
13. Medical Tourism
14. Mental Health Division
15. National Programme For Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke(NPCDCS)
16. National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly NPHCE
17. National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)
18. National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
19. NGO Division
20. NHM Finance
21. NHM Policy & Planning
22. NUHM
23. Infrastructure & HR Division
24. e-Health & Telemedicine
25. Medical Education Policy – II
26. Dental
27. Nursing
28. Allied Health Sciences(AHS)
29. PMSSY
30. PNDT
31. Principal Accounts Office
32. Training
33. Procurement
34. Revised National Tuberculosis Programme
35. Statistics Division
36. Training Division
37. Activities of Health and Family Welfare
38. OP & Nirodh Marketing

The Department of Family Welfare is also responsible for:

• 18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six universities and six other institutions across 17 states
• The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), South Delhi
• International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
• Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi

Note: All information has been sourced from the official website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.