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{{Short description|Indian government advisory health body}}
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The '''Directorate General of Health Services''' ('''Dte.GHS''') is an attached organisation of the Indian [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)]]. It is the apex technical advisory and regulatory body of healthcare. It functions as a repository of technical knowledge regarding public health, medical education and healthcare, and provides technical guidance to the ministry in these domains.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=Government Implementing Preventive Public Health Measures Against the Disease |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=152119&ModuleId=3&reg=3&lang=1 |website=pib.gov.in}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETHealthworld.com |title=MoHFW defends DGHS Chief Dr Arun Goel, terms 'insensitive remark' report misleading - ET HealthWorld |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/mohfw-defends-dghs-chief-dr-arun-goel-terms-insensitive-remark-report-misleading/97950567 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=ETHealthworld.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Government appoints Sanjay Tyagi as Director General of Health Services |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/government-appoints-sanjay-tyagi-as-director-general-of-health-services-4431541.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522211420/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/government-appoints-sanjay-tyagi-as-director-general-of-health-services-4431541.html |archive-date=2022-05-22 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Moneycontrol |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> Dte.GHS is headed by the '''Director General of Health Services''' ('''DGHS'''), a Secretary level (Apex Grade) officer of the [[Central Health Service|Central Health Service (CHS)]]. Sunita Sharma is the current Director General of Health Services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report |url=https://dghs.mohfw.gov.in/uploads/assets/Ehp612CqO1P36fophDq70khCkKrqOlcFMpEZicZD.pdf |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Dr Sunita Sharma to take charge as new Director General of Health Services |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/dr-sunita-sharma-to-take-charge-as-new-director-general-of-health-services-146708 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

The Dte.GHS manages the Central Government Hospitals and performs its role in public health through various subordinate organisations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETHealthworld.com |title=Centre-run hospitals asked to prescribe generic medicines only: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya - ET HealthWorld |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hospitals/centre-run-hospitals-asked-to-prescribe-generic-medicines-only-health-minister-mansukh-mandaviya/102014142 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=ETHealthworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
Prior to independence, the officers of the [[Indian Medical Service|Indian Medical Service (IMS)]] used to hold the post of Director General, Indian Medical Service.<ref>[https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/NO-01-50-51.pdf First annual report of UPSC 1951]</ref> The Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) was established in 15 August 1947 and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) replaced the Director General, Indian Medical Service and the Public Health Commissioner. The first DGHS was [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]] and he also functioned as the Health Secretary to the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-1-43-606|title=Amrita Bazar Patrika [Weekly]. Vol: 79; Issue:31 (21 August 1947)|website=Endangered Archives Programme}}</ref><ref>[https://nihfw.ac.in/Doc/Reports/Mudalier%20%20Vol.pdf Health Survey and Planning Committee (Mudaliar Committee) 1962]</ref> The Contributory Health Service Scheme (the predecessor of [[Central Government Health Scheme]]) for the healthcare of Central Government Employees was under the administrative control of Dte.GHS.<ref>[[iarchive:dli.csl.1182|Report of the Contributory Health Service Scheme Assessment Committee 1962]]</ref>

== List of DGHS of India ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
! colspan="2" |CHS Sub-cadre
!Start of Term
!End of Term
!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|Reference}}
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|Sunita Sharma
| style="background-color: #C71585;" |
|Teaching (T)
| {{Dts|format=dmy|2025|April|28}}
|{{center|_}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dghs.mohfw.gov.in/uploads/assets/Ehp612CqO1P36fophDq70khCkKrqOlcFMpEZicZD.pdf|format=PDF|title=कार्यालय आदेश Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report|date=29 April 2025}}</ref>
|-
|Atul Goel
| style="background-color: #C71585;" |
|Teaching (T)
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|27 April 2025
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|Sunil Kumar
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|Rajiv Garg
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|1 January 2020
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|<ref name=":1">https://dghs.mohfw.gov.in/mainsitedghs/uploads/assets/Ag7MLk500hvZBihoUXBDS9dwNYcJM8HtdrWfPiFu.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref>
|-
|Sanjay Tyagi
| style="background-color: #C71585;" |
|Teaching (T)
|14 September 2019
|31 December 2019
|<ref name=":1" />
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|A K Saxena
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|Non-Teaching (NT)
|12 July 2019
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|<ref name=":1" />
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|S Venkatesh
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|17 June 2018
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|<ref name=":1" />
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|Promila Gupta
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|3 April 2018
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|<ref name=":1" />
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|B D Athani
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|17 January 2018
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|<ref name=":1" />
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|Jagdish Prasad
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|1 December 2011
|2017
|<ref>https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Officers%20of%20DGHS.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref><ref>https://www.ilbs.in/?page=content&itemid=314</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/adma-shree-awardee-moves-delhi-court-seeking-nia-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19-pandemic-178287|title="Mischievous Handiwork Of Persons": Former DGHS & Padma Shree Awardee Moves Delhi Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Origins Of Covid 19 Pandemic|first=Nupur|last=Thapliyal|date=28 July 2021|website=www.livelaw.in}}</ref>
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|R K Srivastava
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|1 November 2005
|1 December 2011
|<ref>https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Seniority%20list%20of%20HAG%20officers%20of%20CHS%20as%20on%2001.11.2008.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref>
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|J. B. Shrivastav
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/library/resource/health-services-and-medical-education-a-programme-for-immediate-action/|title=Health Services and Medical Education: A Programme for Immediate Action|date=1 January 1975|via=ruralindiaonline.org}}</ref>
|-
|[[Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami]]
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|1960
|1974
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322360895_Legends_of_Indian_Orthopedics_Puliyur_Krishnaswamy_Duraiswami|title=(PDF) Legends of Indian Orthopedics: Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami}}</ref>
|-
|C K Lakshmanan
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|[https://dciindia.gov.in/History_DCI.aspx]
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|[[Rai Bahadur|Rao Bahadur]] K C K E Raja
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|1 June 1948
|17 September 1952
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tbcindia.mohfw.gov.in/about-us/|title=About us – Central Tuberculosis Division|website=tbcindia.mohfw.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1944-12-07a.713.0|title=Secretary.—Rao Bahadur Dr. K....: 7 Dec 1944: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou}}</ref>[https://dciindia.gov.in/History_DCI.aspx]
|-
|[[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]]
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|15 August 1947
|1948
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/members/jivraj-narayan-mehta/|title=Jivraj Narayan Mehta}}</ref><ref>https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/resources/UploadCDSCOWeb/2018/UploadCommitteeFiles/7thdtab.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref>
|}

== Central Govt. hospitals and medical colleges ==
The DteGHS has the administrative control of the Central Government hospitals and medical colleges:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Misra |first=Barsha |date=2023-05-21 |title=Health Ministry Implements Centralized Cadre System of Administrative Staff in Delhi Central Govt Hospitals, seeks Details |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/government-policies/health-ministry-implements-centralized-cadre-system-of-administrative-staff-in-delhi-central-govt-hospitals-seeks-details-111762 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=medicaldialogues.in |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. RML Hospital|Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences]] and [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital|Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-16 |title=DCW notice to RML Hospital, state and central govts over 'non-availability of free sex-reassignment surgery' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/dcw-notice-to-rml-hospital-non-availability-of-free-sex-reassignment-surgery-8943108/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]] and associated hospitals<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-16 |title=Generics-only order has docs at Centre-run hosps in a fix |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/generics-only-order-has-docs-at-centre-run-hosps-in-a-fix/articleshow/100263470.cms |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* [[Vardhman Mahavir Medical College|Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College]] and [[Safdarjung Hospital]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Misra |first=Barsha |date=2022-05-11 |title=Vacancies in Central Govt Hospitals: DGHS reinstates Ad-hoc appointment until formulation of new uniform policy |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/doctors/vacancies-in-central-govt-hospitals-dghs-reinstates-ad-hoc-appointment-until-formulation-of-new-uniform-policy-92797 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=medicaldialogues.in |language=en}}</ref>
* Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh<ref name="auto"/>

== Nursing Colleges ==
* [[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Debmitra |date=2023-07-10 |title=MCC issues notice on BSc Nursing Counselling Process For Colleges Affiliated To IP University, Check out details |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/education/nursing/mcc-issues-notice-on-bsc-nursing-counselling-process-for-colleges-affiliated-to-ip-university-check-out-details-114227 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=medicaldialogues.in |language=en}}</ref>
* Lady Reading Health School

== Public health institutes and organisations ==
* [[All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-26 |title=DGHS Result 2023 Declared at hlldghs.cbtexam.in: Download Group A B C Marks PDF |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/dghs-result-2023-declared-at-hlldghs-cbtexam-in-download-group-a-b-c-pdf-1703577802-1 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Jagranjosh.com |language=en}}</ref>
* All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<ref name=":0" />
* [[National Centre for Disease Control]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel inaugurates three-day National Public Health India Conference |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2008388 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007140928/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2008388 |archive-date=2024-10-07 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=pib.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Varshney |first=Vibha |date=2020-07-27 |title=India's mysterious diseases: 'We need a public health system' |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/india-s-mysterious-diseases-we-need-a-public-health-system--72486 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Down To Earth |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bajeli-Datt |first=Kavita |date=2024-08-21 |title=Centre to soon issue advisory to states on new virulent strain of Mpox |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Aug/21/centre-to-soon-issue-advisory-to-states-on-new-virulent-strain-of-mpox |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nivedita Mookerji & Ruchika Chitravanshi |title=Where is NCDC? It should have been better utilised amid Covid, say experts |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/national-centre-for-disease-control-s-elusive-role-amid-covid-19-pandemic-121070400783_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230012127/http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/national-centre-for-disease-control-s-elusive-role-amid-covid-19-pandemic-121070400783_1.html |archive-date=2021-12-30 |access-date=2025-02-22 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya virtually reviews preparedness of States for prevention and control of Vector Borne diseases, ahead of the Monsoon Season |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1936542 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006142631/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1936542 |archive-date=2024-10-06 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=pib.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Initiatives & Achievements-2023 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1990674 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813222711/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1990674 |archive-date=2024-08-13 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=pib.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Point of entries health units ===
(Airport Health Organisation, Port Health Organisation, Land Port Health Organisation)
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|Andaman
|Port Blair
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|Andhra Pradesh
|Visakhapatanam
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|Assam
|Guwahati
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|Bihar
|Gaya
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|Chandigarh
|Chandigarh
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|Delhi
|New Delhi
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|Goa
|Goa
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|Gujarat
|Ahmedabad
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| rowspan="2" |Karnataka
|Bengaluru
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|Mangaluru
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| rowspan="3" |Kerala
|Calicut
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|Kochi
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|Thiruvananthapuram
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|Madhya Pradesh
|Indore
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| rowspan="3" |Maharashtra
|Mumbai
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|Nagpur
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|Pune
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|Odisha
|Bhubaneswar
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|Punjab
|Amritsar
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|Rajasthan
|Jaipur
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| rowspan="4" |Tamil Nadu
|Chennai
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|Coimbatore
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|Madurai
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|Tiruchirappalli
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|Telangana
|Hyderabad
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| rowspan="3" |Uttar Pradesh
|Kanpur
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|Lucknow
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|Varanasi
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|West Bengal
|Kolkata
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== Medical regulatory bodies ==
* [[Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation|Central Drugs Standard Control Organization]] (CDSCO)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=CDSCO disallow import of refurbished medical device: Move divides the industry |url=https://www.expresshealthcare.in/news/cdsco-disallow-import-of-refurbished-medical-device-move-divides-the-industry/447687/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Express Healthcare |language=en-US}}</ref>
* National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organizes National Webinar on National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation as part of Angdaan Mahotsav and during the Organ Donation month of July |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1941862 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919011510/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1941862 |archive-date=2024-09-19 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=pib.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETHealthworld.com |title=Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplant - ET HealthWorld |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/health-ministry-asks-states-uts-to-act-strictly-against-hospitals-involved-in-illegal-transplant/109477450 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=ETHealthworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Serum and vaccine institutes ==
* [[Central Research Institute, Kasauli]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[BCG vaccine|BCG Vaccine]] Laboratory, Guindy
* Institute of [[Serology]], Kolkata

== Drug procurement organisations ==
* Medical Stores Organisation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unlimited |first=Web |title=Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Recruitment 2024: Application Open For Consultants Post, Apply Now |url=https://studycafe.in/ministry-of-health-and-family-welfare-recruitment-2024-application-open-for-consultants-post-apply-now-342348.html |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Studycafe |language=en}}</ref>
* GMSD

== Leprosy and TB institutes ==
* Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu
* Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute
** Aska
** Gouripur
** Raipur
* TB Institute, Ghaziabad

== Central institutes ==
* Central [[Health education|Health Education]] Bureau:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Team |date=2025-02-07 |title=State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders held at SDGH {{!}} Goemkarponn - Goa News Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:The State AYUSH Society Goa and National AYUSH Mission under Directorate of Health Services has organized the State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders at Hospicio South Goa District Hospital, Margao. Ayush Vertical DGHS in Coordination with Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB) had undertaken the modular training program on musculoskeletal disorder for Master |url=https://goemkarponn.com/state-level-training-programs-on-musculoskeletal-disorders-held-at-sdgh/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=goemkarponn.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Started functioning in 1955.<ref>[[iarchive:b31407390|Annual Report of the Dte.GHS, 1957]]</ref>
* [[Central Institute of Psychiatry|Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi]]

== See also ==
* [[Central Health Service]]
* [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://dghs.mohfw.gov.in/ Directorate General of Health Services]
* [https://mohfw.gov.in/ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]
* [https://lhmc-hosp.gov.in/ Lady Hardinge Medical College]
* [https://rhtcnajafgarh.in/ Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh]
* [https://www.ladyreadinghealthschool.com/ Lady Reading Health School]
* [https://ncvbdc.mohfw.gov.in/ National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme]
* [https://ihpoe.mohfw.gov.in/ Point of Entries Health Organisations (APHO, PHO, LPHO)]
* [https://www.notto.mohfw.gov.in/ National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation]
* [https://dirbcglab.gov.in/ BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy]
* [https://cltri.gov.in/ Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu]
* [https://rltriaska.org/ Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Aska]
* [https://rltrird.cg.gov.in/ Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Raipur]
* [https://cheb.nic.in/ Central Health Education Bureau]

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[[Category:Government agencies of India]]
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[[Category:1947 establishments in India]]

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