3400 Pregnant mothersFive field teams 3 months22 MOH areas221 Clinics Involving a larger community of stakeholders RAPCO is a collaborative initiative with large number of stakeholders. Project development was done with inputs from the Provincial Health Department, provincial health administrators, […]
Preventing pesticide self-harm though vender training in North Central Province
Everyday, five cases of pesticide self-harm are admitted to hospitals in North Central Province. Of these, one person buy it directly from a pesticide shop, for the purpose of self harm. Training of venders on identification of suspisious buyers will […]
DoCM and Peoples Leasing and Finance PLC Join Hands to Improve Lives of Pregnant Mothers in Anuradhapura
As a part of their community services, Peoples Leasing and Finance PLC is helping the GEEPMD project through supply of essential equipment and facilitating maternal clinic work. The branch manager of PLC, Anuradhapura, Mr.Rasika Senewiratna participated in one of the […]
DoCM and Dialog improve the access to health information for girls & women in Sri Lanka
As a part of the priority areas of interventions in health promotion, department of community medicine and the undergraduates of FMAS, RUSL are officially announced as partners in improving access to health information for women. Yeheli.lk is a free service, […]
Improving lives of pregnant mothers and newborn children in Anuradhapura
Every year, the maternal care programme in Anuradhapura register more than 17,000 pregnant mothers. Public health midwives register more than 15,000 newborns per year in the district. The maternal and child health service in Sri Lanka is considered exceptional. Yet […]
Join hands with us to improve maternal health in Anuradhapura
Every year, more more than 3000 pregnant women in Anuradhapura are going through their pregnancy with depression and anxiety. After the child birth, this number is as high as 6000. One in three pregnant mothers are having anemia. We invite […]
Yale University Subaward for Leptospirosis Research…
Leptospirosis research group and the Leptospirosis Research laboratory of the DoCM received a major sub award from Yale University to continue the collaboration on leptospirosis research work. This is the fifth year of NIH funded ICIDR (International Collaborations in Infectious […]
Public Health Students exchange Programme with University of Copenhagen..
The first group of public health exchange students from the DoC, FMAS, RUSL spent a week in Copenhagen, as a part of the MoU signed between the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and the University of Copenhagen. Best performers in […]
DoCM received AHEAD Grant..
Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) is a World Bank funded Sri Lankan government operation to support the higher education sector. Under the result area 3 of the AHEAD project, performance-based research programs for Development- Oriented Research (DOR) in […]
Early Career Global Public Health Conference
Representing the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, junior lecturers, recent graduates and medical students attended the Early Career Global Public Health Conference on 11-12thApril 2019 organized by the Kuala Lumpur chapter of the Asia […]