Developing a Certificate Course in Clinical Nurse Mentorship for Sri Lanka A one day workshop was organized by the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care with the aim to brainstorm and generate ideas through the expert opinion of those in attendance on the topic of “Developing a Certificate Course in Clinical…
Workshop on the Post Disaster Role of Media Representatives A one day workshop was held on the 15th of May 2019 at the Ministtry of disaster management, Sri Lanka. The resource persons who spoke at the workshop included Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Dr.Kanthi Hettigoda, Dr.Rohan Rathnayake, Dr. Chathiri suraweera, Dr Dhanuja…
WHO South East Asia, Regional Strategy on Prevention of Suicide WHO SEARO, New Delhi, India 21st to 22nd April 2016 The meeting of experts for finalization of the “WHO South East Asia Regional Strategy on Prevention of Suicide” was convened by the WHO SEARO office in New Delhi. Experts from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,…
Research Leaders Training Programme, 2015 II The 4th workshop of the Research Leaders Training Programme for Ministry of Health was held on 20th & 21st of April 2015 at the Post Basic Nursing School, Colombo. The participants from different medical and paramedical backgrounds attended this session. They were guided towards making research projects with policy…
Impact of Spouse Migration on Left Behind Families This project conducted by the Institute for Research and Development (IRD) in Health & Social Care was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and was funded by the International Organisation for Migration. The Ministry of Health and the International Organization of Migration took the initiative to develop…
The tsunami: A window of opportunity for policy impact On the 26th of December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 Mw earthquake occurred along Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, this resulted in a catastrophic tsunami which affected 12 countries; of these, four countries (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand) were hit the worst. The…
Medically Unexplained Symptoms Study Research on the management and the outcome of treatment of medically unexplained symptoms is very limited. Development of simple but effective techniques for treatment and demonstration of their effectiveness when applied in primary health care are needed. A randomized controlled trial was carried out with follow-up assessments at 3 months after…