Health Controlling Ministry

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:

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (see HIV/AIDS in India)

13 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)

Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)

Universal Immunisation Programme

Medical Council of India

Dental Council of India

Pharmacy Council of India

Indian Nursing Council

All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore

All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai

All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata

Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC)

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India