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How general human rights tools support the right to health: A …

WebAbstract. Introduction: The right to health is the economic, social, and cultural right of the individual to have a universal minimum standard of health without any discrimination. With the concern on human rights, the right to health is a highly …

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Sri Lankan Journal of Medical Administration

WebStrategies to Improve the Performance of Health Work Assistants at District General Hospital Kalutara

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Suicide prevention strategies: Is Sri Lanka on the right track

WebSuicide is a severe, yet avoidable, public health issue that affects people all around the world, including Sri Lanka. Despite many initial measures to address the issue, Sri Lanka's suicide rate remains high, keeping it in second place in the region. As a …

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“The Impact of Health Informatics on Public Health Emergency …

WebIntroduction: The world grapples with the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic with devastating economic and social impacts. The healthcare systems across developed and developing countries are laid a huge responsibility with immense …

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of COVID-19 management …

WebIntroduction: The COVID-19 outbreak challenges health systems and their ability to effectively manage public health emergencies. Nurses are not only at the forefront of the fight against this highly contagious disease but are also directly or indirectly …

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Holistic Approach in Strengthening of Primary Health Care Service

WebSri Lanka is currently facing a demographic and epidemiological transition, which includes the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD), immerging, and re-emerging of communicable diseases. Further, Population ageing in Sri Lanka is …

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Sri Lanka needs more Public Health Midwives

WebIntroduction: Sri Lanka has a well-established Primary Health care system. One of the key players in the primary health system is the Public Health midwife (PHM) and as end of 2019, there were 7087 PHMs in the field service. Many health experts believe …

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Use of GIS Mapping in the COVID 19 Outbreak Management

WebCOVID 19 pandemic has exposed gaps in outbreak management in different parts of the world. Evidence based decisions are compelled by health authorities. Even though Geographical Information System (GIS) has been identified as a technology to …

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Study to Identify the Issues on Supply Chain Management of

WebIntroduction: Sri Lanka is a country which provides the health service, with medicine/ medical items needed for patient care service to both inward and outward patients for diagnosis and treatment. Free of charge at the point of service in the public sector. …

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Assessment of Healthcare Waste Management Practices of

WebReading: Assessment of Healthcare Waste Management Practices of Divisional Hospitals in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

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Challenges in Emergency Oral Health Care Provision in COVID-19 …

WebIntroduction: COVID-19 pandemic denotes an unprecedented public health emergency impacting on health care systems, economies and people across the globe. Health care systems have been grappling with rising burden of COVID-19 that transformed …

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Evaluation of Diet Service in Base Hospital, Warakapola

WebIntroduction: Diet service of a hospital plays a key role in overall patient's satisfaction and quality of health care delivery. Objective: to evaluate the diet service of Base Hospital, Warakapola. Methods: Process mapping the hospital diet service, …

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Analysis of Prison Health Services in Relation to Strengthen the

WebIntroduction: Strengthening of health care provision to prisoners and detainees is a paramount need in the present context. Health status of detainees can affect the health states of the prisoners as well as the community. At present, Sri Lankan …

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Exposure of Health Staff to COVID-19 Infection: Causes and

WebIntroduction: The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spreads predominantly between people who are in close contact with an infected person. Hence, the frontline health staff members are more vulnerable for exposure due to rising number of cases. Objectives: To describe the …

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The Timeliness of Discharged Bed Head Tickets Received by the …

WebIntroduction: The data related to Electronic-Indoor Morbidity Mortality Record (e-IMMR) would be generated by each healthcare institution and finally compiled by the Medical Statistics Unit (MSU), Ministry of Health (MoH). There are issues related to the …

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Assessing knowledge and behavioral pattern of nurses working in …

WebIn the latter part of 2019, a severe respiratory disease was reported in China and was found to be an outbreak of Coronavirus. In March 2020, with the rapid increase of patients in many other countries, World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 …

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