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23/08/2023

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News Home \ News \ News Donation of ‘Radio-Frequency Heat Therapy (RFHT) machines Posted on August 18, 2023 The handing over ceremony of 2 Radio-Frequency Heat Therapy (RFHT) machines, each costing over 1.5 million LKR, was made by the Head of Leishmaniasis Program at the Drugs for Neglected Disea...

31/05/2023

09/10/2022

ලීෂ්මනයසිස් රෝගය යනු කුමක්ද? 👀

ලීෂ්මනයසිස් රෝගය පිළිබඳ නවතම තොරතුරු දැන ගැනීමට ඉරිදා ලංකාදීප පුවත්පතේ 02.10.2022 දින පළවූ අපගේ නවතම ලිපිය කියවන්න.

නිල පුවත්පත් වෙබ් අඩවිය හරහා කියවීමට පහත සබැඳිය යොදා ගන්න :
https://www.lankadeepa.lk/sunday/thaksalawa/වැලි-මැස්සාගෙන්-වැලඳෙන-ලීෂ්මනයසිස්-රෝගය/55-620697

What is Leishmaniasis ? 👀

Read our latest Leishmaniasis article on Sunday Lankadeepa Newspaper (02.10.2022) to find out about the latest information on Leishmaniasis disease.

Find the link below to read it on official newspaper website:

https://www.lankadeepa.lk/sunday/thaksalawa/වැලි-මැස්සාගෙන්-වැලඳෙන-ලීෂ්මනයසිස්-රෝගය/55-620697

# PDRU

08/10/2022

ලීෂ්මනයසිස් රෝගය බෝකරන වැලි මැස්සන් (sand flies) පිළිබඳව ඔබ නොදන්නා කරුණු 08ක් ! 🤔😯

04/10/2022

Congratulations Dr. Dulani for your research publication !

Little bit about her findings..

Sand-flies are tiny blood-sucking insects that transmit Leishmania parasite-induced infection Leishmaniasis, which manifests as wide-ranging disease conditions with the most severe form ending up fatally. Its a neglected tropical disease and a growing health problem in Sri Lanka with more than 3000 cases reported annually. Limited knowledge of the biological and behavioural characteristics of sand flies hinders disease control. Thus,i nsecticide susceptibility patterns of sand flies were investigated with an exploration of probable underlying resistance mechanisms. We found that the populations of sand flies in Sri Lanka are largely susceptible to insecticides that have been commonly used locally. Their insecticide susceptibility patterns however, appear to be negatively associated with past malaria endemicity of the study sites that have used regular spraying of insecticides in the past, which may have resulted in the early signs of insecticide tolerance observed in these insects. Furthermore, the presence of insecticide target site insensitivity in a notable proportion of sand flies also implied potential future challenges for leishmaniasis control, with a call for urgent proactive measures for its containment.

Web Link to access the research article: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04117-y

03/10/2022

Congratulations Kasun for your findings !

-About the Article-

The TMRC research group of the Parasitic Diseases Research Unit (PDRU) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo explored many interesting clues on Leishmania parasites, the causative agent of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. The sub-group investigating about treatment failure and drug resistance of the Leishmania parasite has published a review article in February 2022, summarizing 137 research articles published worldwide! According to the analysis, treatment outcome of cutaneous Leishmaniasis is dependent on the species of the parasite. So far, more than 20 species of parasites have been identified worldwide and most of the conventional drugs that have been used for decades have become ineffective with poor-responsiveness to drugs apparent at species-level.As a result, we suggest the use of a combination of treatments to improve treatment response and for control of the lesion progression.

Web Link to access the research article: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-022-00602-2

13/09/2022

The Awareness Program on Leishmaniasis Disease was successfully held on the 30th of August 2022 at Divulapitiya Divisional Secretariat office for the Public Health Inspectors and Public Health Midwives of Mirigama and Divulapitiya MOHs.

As resource persons, senior lecturer Dr Sanath Senanayake, Dr Nuwani Manamperi , Dr Hermali Silva from our faculty provided very important insights about this neglected disease, Leishmaniasis. Public Health Inspectors and Public Health Midwives who participated for the event received the information they should know to educate and provide instructions to the general public regarding the Leishmaniasis disease.

ලීෂ්මනයසිස් රෝගය පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහනක් 2022 අගෝස්තු 30 වන දින දිවුලපිටිය ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී සාර්ථකව පැවැත්විණි. මෙම වැඩසටහන පවත්වනු ලැබුවේ මීරිගම සහ දිවුලපිටිය රෝහල්වලට අනුයුක්ත මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරුන් සහ පවුල් සෞඛ්‍ය සේවිකාවන් උදෙසාය.

සම්පත් දායකයින් ලෙස ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය සනත් සේනානායක, වෛද්‍ය නුවනි මනම්පේරි, වෛද්‍ය හර්මාලි සිල්වා යන අප පීඨයේ විද්වතුන් එක්ව සිටියහ. එහිදී මෙම නොසලකා හරින ලද ලිෂ්මනයසිස් රෝගය පිළිබඳව ඔවුන් විසින් ඉතා වැදගත් අවබෝධයක් ලබා දෙන ලදී. මෙම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගී වූ මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරුන් සහ පවුල් සෞඛ්‍ය සේවිකාවන් හට මෙම රෝගය සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීමට සහ උපදෙස් ලබා දීමට දැනගත යුතු තොරතුරු ලබා දීමට මෙම දැනුවත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන හරහා අපට හැකි විය.

19/05/2022

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