Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)


The Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu is a department of Government of Tamil Nadu responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in Tamil Nadu. Its undertakings include National Health Mission – Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation and Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu. It is headquartered in Chennai.

Sub - Departments

NameWebsite
National Rural Health Mission Tamil Naduhttp://www.nrhmtn.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu Health System Projecthttp://www.tnhsp.org/
Directorate of Medical Education - List of Tamil Nadu Government's Medical Collegeshttp://www.tnhealth.org/dme/medicaleducation.php
Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Serviceshttp://www.tnhealth.org/dms/mrhs.php
Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicinehttp://www.tnhealth.org/dph/dphpm.php
Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homeopathyhttp://www.tnhealth.org/imh/im.htm
Directorate of Family Welfarehttp://www.tnhealth.org/dfw/dfw.php
Directorate of Drugs Controlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121014124408/http://www.tnhealth.org/drugcontrol/
Tamil Nadu State Health Transport Departmenthttps://web.archive.org/web/20121022142933/http://www.tnhealth.org/tshtd.htm
Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Societyhttp://www.tnhealth.org/tsaids.htm
Tamil Nadu State Blindness Control Societyhttp://www.tnhealth.org/tsbcs.htm
DANIDA Health Care Projecthttps://web.archive.org/web/20121022145554/http://www.tnhealth.org/danida.htm
Department of Food Safety & Drug Administration https://web.archive.org/web/20121009133136/http://www.tnhealth.org/FoodSafety.htm

Undertakings & Bodies

Present Ministers for Health and Family Welfare