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This forum is a platform for all the professionals who are engaged in health sector disaster management in Sri Lanka to share their experiences

Managing disasters in health sector has become a top priority for many governments around the world.This includes disaster preparedness ,mitigation,response ,recovery & reconstruction in health institutions and communities served by these institutions.In Sri Lanka this sector has been managed mainly by disaster preparedness & response division of ministry of health & its dedicated staff.Health Professionals are been trained in this sector with the keen participation of Post Graduate Institute of Medicine,University of Colombo. So far over 100 medical officers have been trained & serving across the country.With local health care staff at grass root level these health sector managers are turning the tide against disasters & their harmful impacts in Sri Lanka.

29/11/2025

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28/11/2025

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23/11/2025

📢 Calling all applicants for the PG Diploma in Health Sector Disaster Management!

Get exam-ready with a free online Preparatory Class organised by the Association of Disaster Medicine Sri Lanka.

🗓 25th – 28th November 2025
⏰ 6.00 PM – 9.00 PM (Online)
💰 Free of Charge

🔗 Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/ieu-hcba-ujr

💡 What’s Covered:
• Basics of Disaster Management in the Health Sector
• Epidemiology & Outbreak Investigation
• Maternal & Child Health / SRH in Emergencies
• Trauma Management & Triage
• Management of Death in Disasters
• Hospital Disaster Management
• CBRNE Disasters
• Psychological First Aid
• Question & Past Paper Discussion

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27/04/2025

On this Earth Day, highlighting the urgent need for action on climate impacts of health

04/01/2025

උතුරු චීනයේ, විශේෂයෙන්ම ළමුන් අතර ස්වසන රෝග වල වැඩි වීමක් පෙන්නුම් කරන වාර්තා ඔබ දැනටමත් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා දැක ඇති. චීන සෞඛ්‍ය බලධාරීන් තහවුරු කරන අන්දමට මෙම රෝගී තත්වයන්ට හේතුව ඉන්ෆ්ලුවෙන්සා (Influenza), රෙස්පිරේටරි සින්සිටියල් වෛරසය (Respiratory Syncytial Virus- RSV) සහ මානව මෙටානියුමෝ වෛරසය (Human Metapneumovirus - HMPV) යන හඳුනාගත් සාමාන්‍ය ශ්වසන රෝග වෛරසයන් වේ. මෙහිදී නව හෝ අසාමාන්‍ය ව්‍යාධිජනකයන් හඳුනාගෙන නොමැති වීම වැදගත් කරුණකි.
ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය (WHO) ප්‍රකාශ කරන ආකාරයට මෙවැනි තත්වයක් අනපේක්ෂිත නොවන බවත්, අනෙකුත් රටවල නිරීක්ෂණය කරන ලද රටාවන්ට මම තත්වය සමාන බවත්ය. වත්මන් ශ්වසන රෝග රැල්ල පෙර වසරවලට වඩා අඩු මට්ටමක පවතින බවත්, රෝහල් රෝගීන් ඵලදායී ලෙස කළමනාකරණය කරන බවත් චීන බලධාරීහු සහතික කරති.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගැටළුකාරී තත්වයක් පැනනැගී නොමැත. අපගේ සෞඛ්‍ය බලධාරීන් මේ පිළිබඳව අවධානයෙන් පසුවන අතර මහජන ආරක්ෂාව සහතික කිරීම සඳහා ගෝලීය සෞඛ්‍ය තත්වයන් පිළිබඳ අඛණ්ඩව අධීක්ෂණය කරමින් පසුවෙයි.
ප්‍රධාන කරුණු:
• චීනයේ ශ්වසන රෝග වැඩිවීමට හේතුව මීට පෙර හඳුනාගත් වෛරසයන්ය.
• නව හෝ අසාමාන්‍ය වෛරස හඳුනාගෙන නොමැත.
• මෙම තත්වය සාමාන්‍ය ශ්වසන රෝග පැතිරීමට සමාන වන අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මහජන සෞඛ්‍යයට සැලකිය යුතු බලපෑමක් නොමැත.

சீனாவில் பதிவாகியுள்ள சுவாச நோய்கள் பற்றிய அப்டேட்

வட சீனாவில், குறிப்பாக குழந்தைகளிடையே சுவாச நோய்களின் அதிகரிப்பைக் குறிக்கும் சமூக ஊடக அறிக்கைகளை நீங்கள் ஏற்கனவே பார்த்திருப்பதால், உண்மையான உண்மைகள் குறித்து உங்களுக்குத் தெரிவிக்க விரும்புகிறோம். காய்ச்சல், சுவாச ஒத்திசைவு வைரஸ் (RSV) மற்றும் மனித மெட்டாப்நியூமோவைரஸ் (HMPV) போன்ற பொதுவான வைரஸ்களால் இந்த வழக்குகள் ஏற்படுகின்றன என்பதை சீன சுகாதார அதிகாரிகள் உறுதிப்படுத்துகின்றனர். முக்கியமாக, புதிய அல்லது அசாதாரண நோய்க்கிருமிகள் எதுவும் கண்டறியப்படவில்லை.

இந்த நிலைமை எதிர்பாராதது அல்ல என்றும், மற்ற நாடுகளில் காணப்பட்ட முறைகளைப் போன்றது என்றும் WHO கூறியுள்ளது. முந்தைய ஆண்டுகளை விட தற்போதைய அலை தீவிரமானது என்றும் மருத்துவமனைகள் நோயாளிகளின் சுமையை திறம்பட நிர்வகித்து வருவதாகவும் சீன அதிகாரிகள் உறுதியளிக்கின்றனர்.

இலங்கையில், இந்த நிலை குறித்து கவலை கொள்ள எந்த காரணமும் இல்லை. எங்கள் சுகாதார அதிகாரிகள் விழிப்புடன் உள்ளனர் மற்றும் பொதுப் பாதுகாப்பை உறுதி செய்வதற்காக உலகளாவிய சுகாதார முன்னேற்றங்களை தொடர்ந்து கண்காணித்து வருகின்றனர்.

முக்கிய குறிப்புக்கள்:-

சீனாவில் சுவாச நோய்களின் அதிகரிப்பு அறியப்பட்ட வைரஸ்கள் காரணமாகும்.

புதிய அல்லது அசாதாரண நோய்க்கிருமிகள் அடையாளம் காணப்படவில்லை.

தற்போதைய சூழ்நிலை நடவடிக்கைக்கு உத்தரவாதம் அளிக்கவில்லை மற்றும் இந்த கட்டத்தில் இலங்கையில் பொது சுகாதாரத்தில் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தவில்லை.

Update on global respiratory disease spread

As you may have already seen social media reports indicating an increase in respiratory illnesses in northern China, particularly among children, we wish to keep you informed on the real facts. Chinese health authorities confirm that these cases are due to common viruses such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Importantly, no new or unusual pathogens have been detected.

The WHO has stated that the situation is not unexpected and is similar to patterns observed in other countries. Chinese officials assure that the current wave is less severe than previous years and that hospitals are managing the patient load effectively.

In Sri Lanka, there is no cause for concern regarding this situation. Our health authorities are vigilant and continuously monitor global health developments to ensure public safety.

Key Points:

The increase in respiratory illnesses in China is due to known viruses.

No new or unusual pathogens have been identified.

The current situation does not warrant action and it does not have a significant impact on public health in Sri Lanka at this point.

26/12/2024

Remembering the departed souls❤️

21/11/2024

Preparatory Course for the Selection Examination in Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sector Disaster Management

Date: 23rd and 24th November 2024
Time: 7pm on wards

Link to connect: https://calendar.app.google/NKQftdpwGDPwy3W5A

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04/11/2024

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