Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health

What Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health does

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (operating as District Health & Family Welfare Samiti, Jalpaiguri) is a district-level government health administration entity under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, India. It holds statutory authority to implement public health programs across Jalpaiguri district, serving a population of approximately 3 million across 11+ blocks and municipalities including areas bordering Bhutan and Bangladesh. The entity manages a portfolio of national health programs including NVBDCP (vector-borne disease control), IDSP (disease surveillance), RNTCP/NTEP (tuberculosis), NLEP (leprosy), NPCB (blindness control), AIDS Control Programme, RCH (reproductive and child health), RBSK (child health screening), RKSK (adolescent health), and WIFS (iron supplementation).

The technology infrastructure consists of web-based portals for program management, recruitment, document distribution, and a GIS-based health facility mapping system. The IDSP operates a weekly disease surveillance data collection system using P (probable), L (laboratory), and S (syndromic) reporting formats from 55 P units, 43 L units, and 537 S units. A dedicated RBSK-RKSK portal (rbsk.jalpaigurihealth.com) manages school-based health screening with institutional login systems. Service delivery follows a tiered facility model from Sub Centres through District Hospitals, augmented by school-based programs, AYUSH Mobile Medical Units, and community health worker outreach (ASHAs, ANMs).

The entity does not generate commercial revenue. All services are provided free of cost to citizens, funded entirely through government allocations routed via the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), National Health Mission (NHM), and the Government of West Bengal health budget. It is classified as a government state entity, not a private or publicly traded company. The "customer" relationship is inverted: the entity serves a captive district population and reports to state and central health authorities. Operational partnerships span the Departments of Health, School Education, and Women & Child Development, plus AYUSH integration for traditional medicine delivery.

Name

Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health

Legal name

District Health & Family Welfare Samiti, Jalpaiguri

Website

https://jalpaigurihealth.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (District Health & Family Welfare Samiti, Jalpaiguri) is a government health administration entity implementing national public health programs across Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, serving a population of 3 million+ through tiered health facilities and school-based outreach, funded entirely by government budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Disease surveillance
• Maternal child health
• School health programs
• Government healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Jalpaiguri

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Services: Publicly funded healthcare services provided free of cost to citizens through government health infrastructure. Funded through National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), National Health Mission (NHM), and state government health budgets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health in Jalpaiguri operates district-level public health administration for the Government of West Bengal. It delivers free healthcare services and implements national health programmes including disease surveillance, maternal and child health, school health screening, vector-borne disease control, tuberculosis control, and AYUSH services through a network of government health facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RBSK-RKSK Jalpaiguri: Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) programs for child and adolescent health screening and treatment services.

Products and services

• RBSK-RKSK School Health Programme
• Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme
• Sishu Sathi Scheme
• Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)
• Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme
• AYUSH Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Declining malaria trend in Jalpaiguri over last 3 years due to anti-malarial activities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Department of Health & Family Welfare, West BengalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary administrative partner for all health programs including NHM, NRHM implementations at district level.
• Department of School Education, West BengalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for RBSK (school health screening), RKSK (adolescent health), and WIFS (iron supplementation) programs targeting school-going children and adolescents.
• Department of Women Dev. & Social Welfare & Child DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-departmental collaboration for adolescent health programs and child health services including Sishu Sathi scheme for free treatment of CHD, cleft lip/palate, club foot up to 18 years.
• National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentral government mission providing funding and programmatic support for rural healthcare delivery including NHM contractual staff recruitment and health program implementation.
• AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegration of traditional Indian medicine systems including AYUSH MMU project, AYURVIDYA project, and AYUSH FAIR for alternative healthcare delivery.
• National Health Mission (NHM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and programmatic support for various health programs including NTEP (tuberculosis), NPCDCS (diabetes, cancer), NVBDCP (vector-borne diseases).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Health Organization (WHO) - India Country Office: International public health agency that supports India's disease surveillance, immunization, and health-systems strengthening programs. Comparable as a public-health program administration and technical-support entity operating alongside district health administrations on shared disease-control priorities.
• National Health Mission (NHM): Central government mission that provides the primary funding and programmatic framework for the CMOH office. Directly comparable as the public-health program administration entity covering NRHM and NUHM, with identical program architecture (NVBDCP, IDSP, RNTCP, RCH, etc.) executed at state and district levels.
• National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC): India's central agency for disease surveillance and outbreak response. Comparable as a public-sector health agency that operates the IDSP framework which Jalpaiguri's surveillance network feeds into, making it the closest programmatic peer at the national level.
• Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal: State-level parent authority for the Jalpaiguri CMOH office; comparable as the apex government health administration body that funds, directs, and oversees all district health samitis in West Bengal. Same regulatory, funding, and program-delivery model, just at state rather than district scope.
• National Health Authority (NHA) - Ayushman Bharat: Central government body administering India's flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme. Comparable as a government entity administering public-health programs at scale, but with a financing rather than direct service-delivery model.
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India: Central ministry that designs and funds the national health programs (NHM, Ayushman Bharat, NVBDCP, RNTCP, etc.) implemented by district-level offices. Comparable as the apex public-health policy and program administration authority that the CMOH office ultimately reports into.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): U.S. national public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, outbreak response, and health program administration. Comparable as a government health agency operating disease surveillance networks and population health programs, though at vastly larger scale and different jurisdictional model.

Regional players

• NHS England (Public Health Functions): UK public-sector health authority delivering population health services through a regional structure. Comparable as a publicly funded health-administration entity providing free healthcare services and population health programs, but operating in a different geography with a different funding model.
• Public Health England (now UK Health Security Agency): UK government agency focused on public health protection, disease surveillance, and health program delivery at national and regional levels. Comparable as a public-sector health program administrator executing disease surveillance and population health mandates, but operating outside India.

Direct peers

• National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP): Central nodal programme for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases (malaria, dengue, etc.) that the CMOH office implements locally. Directly comparable as the same program the Jalpaiguri office runs — anti-malarial activities, ITBN/LLIN distribution, and ACT therapy — but at national scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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