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What is the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage (NIIMH)?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage as WHO-Collaborating Centre (CC) for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Traditional Medicine". 

About National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage (NIIMH):

The NIIMH, formerly known as the National Center of Indian Medical Heritage (NCIMH), provides resource materials for historians, scientists and other workers who are interested in studying and documenting the historical aspects of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy, and Sowa Rigpa (AYUSH), along with Modern Medicine.
It came into existence as the Upgraded Department of History of Medicine from 26-09-1956 under the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and was handed over to Govt. of India on 14-02-1969 due to its national and international importance.
The institute is functioning under the administrative control of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
This Institute, which is only of its kind in Southeast /Asia , is located in Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad.
Mandate: 
Literary Research and Documentation
Revival and retrieval of texts from Ancient manuscripts and rare books
Search and Collection of information, descriptive notes, editing and publication of rare medical manuscripts/books on AYUSH.
Documentation
Ayurveda Encyclopedia
Museum on History of Medicine
Referral library on AYUSH Systems of Medicine and modern medicine.
AYUSH Research Portal
CCRAS-Research Management Information System
National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic - Portal.
Development of W.H.O International Terminologies of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani.
Development of SNOMED CT National Extension for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani.
It has global access owing to its enormous collection of research materials on History of Medicine.
The institute has a Medico-Historical Library, Museum and Documentation section.
The Institute's library is unique with a collection of more than 10,000 books, which include very rare publications dating back to the 15th century on History of Medicine & allied subjects in various languages and serving the medical fraternity as research referral centre.
It has a complete collection of standard National & International Journal on History of Medicine since its inception. 
The institute also publishes the Journal of Indian Medical Heritage.

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