All_India_Institute_of_Hygiene_and_Public_Health
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
Public Health School in Kolkata, India
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH) is a pioneering Indian institute for research and training in public health and allied sciences in Kolkata. It was established on 30 December 1932 with assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation. It functions under Director General of Health Services, New Delhi, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and is now affiliated with West Bengal University of Health Sciences, established in 2003.It also has a rural training centre in Singur and urban training centre in Chetla.[1][2]
In 1943, in borehole latrine was developed by AIIH&PH in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.[3][4]