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On January 27, 2020 WHO Country Office Sri Lanka (WCO-SRL) launched a Model Health Corner. The Corner is WCO-SRL’s most recent initiative in line with the settings approach to prov ...

We are still in the early stages of understanding this new virus, where it came from, and how it affects people. WHO encourages all countries to continue preparedness activities an ...

November 30, 2019, Kandy, Sri Lanka A ‘Symposium on Achieving Sustainable Road Safety in Sri Lanka: An update on legislation and law enforcement and a workshop for journalists on r ...

25 – 29 November, 2019, Sri Lanka, The Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) is an academic alliance of the top universities in the Asian region. The University of Colombo received the ...

26-27 November 2019, Colombo, Stakeholders met on November 26th and 27th, 2019 to participate in the kick-off workshop for the formulation of a revised National Medicine Policy (20 ...

November 13 and 15, 2019, Colombo, in 2015, Sri Lanka became the first country in the Asia-Pacific Region to establish a Cabinet-level Minister and a Ministry for Sustainable Devel ...

October 29, 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka A ‘Symposium on Achieving Sustainable Road Safety in Sri Lanka: An update on legislation and law enforcement’ was conducted on October 19, 2019 ...

9 July 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is important to take preventive action to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and protect against mosquito bites to prevent dengue.

Sri Lanka has eliminated measles, interrupting transmission of the indigenous virus that causes the killer childhood disease.

24 June 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The first ever United Nations World Food Safety Day was marked in Colombo by the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine in partners ...