This department has been vested with the responsibility of maintaining and developing the health care system in W.B. Public health, sanitation and hospitals are the exclusive responsibilities of the State.
Prescribed application Form for counseling/ admission to Degree course in Homoeopathy (B.H.M.S), Ayurveda (B.A.M.S), Unani (B.U.M.S) and Physiotherapy (B.P.T) in different Government and Private Colleges in West Bengal, is available for download.
A one day awareness campaign to display Strength of AYUSH in the State will be held on 19/09/2014 at 10 a.m. in the Auditorium of N.R.S Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata.
Two-year Course on Diploma in Family Medicine to be conducted by the Institute of Health & Family Welfare collaboratively with Kolkata Medical College, R. G. Kar Medical College and Calcutta National Medical College.
World Population Day is celebrated over a period of one month in two phase – Mobilization fort night and Population Stabilization fort night.
Childhood diarrhoeal diseases continue to be a major killer among under five children, contributing to 11 percent of under five deaths in the country. Around 2 lakh children are lost due to diarrhoea annually.
Every year 1st to 7th August is celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). This year’s World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme, ‘BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: CLOSE TO MOTHERS’.
Applications are invited from the eligible nursing personnel of WBNS Cadre for undergoing Post Basic Diploma course in Neonatology Nursing for the academic Session January 2014 to December 2014 at the School of Nursing, SSKM Hospital, Kol-20.
Applications are invited from Male candidates for admission to three & half years G.N.M. Training Course in Nursing Training Schools under the Govt. of West Bengal. The last six months of the G.N.M. Course will be for internship.
Applications are invited from the eligible nursing personnel of WBNS Cadre for undergoing Post Basic Diploma course in Psychiatry Nursing for the academic Session January 2014 to December 2014 at the Institute of Psychiatry, 7 D.L.Khan Road, Kol-25.
Increasing access to and provision of quality service for Safe Abortion is part of Government of West Bengal’s maternal health strategy to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in the state as unsafe abortion is still one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity.