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Govt to make Kolkata health institute top forum for policy discourse

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All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health was created in 1932 to be one of the three premier institutions globally like the John Hopkins and Tropical School of Medicines in the US.

New Delhi: The government plans to revive the Kolkata-based All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIHPH), transforming it into a world-class ‘School of Public Health’ and regain space ceded to private think tanks such as Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in public policy discourse, said two officials aware of the developments.

This follows a government review which found that private institutes have of late become the face of India’s public policy space, diminishing the role of the government’s own public health institutes. “The public health policy space should in the hands of the government and not in the control of private bodies, and NGOs.

Hence, the plan is to revive government’s own All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health in Kolkata. The proposal is being drafted and soon be submitted to the health minister," one of the officials said, requesting anonymity. “The plan is to transform All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health into world class ‘School of Public Health’ which will have 20 departments related to public health subjects.

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