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Invest in training health workers to treat - Detect cases early- Treat leprosy effectively with multi drug treatment- R...
11/06/2026

Invest in training health workers to treat

- Detect cases early
- Treat leprosy effectively with multi drug treatment
- Reduce visible deformities

Let's create a 🌏 free from leprosy and discrimination. Join us in the fight for a more inclusive and understanding soc...
11/06/2026

Let's create a 🌏 free from leprosy and discrimination. Join us in the fight for a more inclusive and understanding society.

🔎Are you looking for information on caused by the Bundibugyo virus? 📖 Do you want to learn about the signs, symptoms a...
11/06/2026

🔎Are you looking for information on caused by the Bundibugyo virus?
📖 Do you want to learn about the signs, symptoms and transmission, and list of preventive and control measures?
👉 Find out more on – WHO’s learning resource hub for health emergencies: Introduction to Ebola disease bit.ly/4unWeBz

Today, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen leprosy control in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, the WHO Representative, Dr Rajesh Sambh...
10/06/2026

Today, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen leprosy control in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, the WHO Representative, Dr Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav, together with the WHO team, met with the 笹川保健財団 Sasakawa Health Foundation (SHF) team, including President Dr Takahiro Nanri.

Discussions focused on aligning national priorities, programme implementation, and strategic direction for leprosy elimination. Key priorities included addressing stigma and discrimination, barriers to early diagnosis and treatment, strengthening community awareness, promoting social inclusion and reforming outdated legal provisions, including the Lepers Ordinance, in line with public health and human rights standards ⚖️

These engagements highlighted critical challenges in early detection, treatment adherence, stigma reduction, and disability prevention, reinforcing the urgency of sustained, coordinated, and people-centred action and need for strengthened community awareness towards a leprosy-free Sri Lanka 👥🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

10/06/2026

Looking back at the Institute of Land & Disaster Management (ILDM) students’ visit to Sri Lanka 🌍 - an inspiring exchange of ideas, experiences, and perspectives on the health emergency landscape, especially within the Sri Lankan context.

From engaging with UN agencies to connecting with govt. institutions, NGOs and CSOs working on the ground, the students explored real-world approaches to disaster response, resilience, and public health challenges ⚠️🦺

Stay posted to hear directly from the students as they share their key takeaways and what they learned in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

09/06/2026

‼️ Did you know? The Aedes aegypti mosquito can breed in a small amount of water - including in everyday items around your home 🦟🏡

With the National Dengue Control Unit,Sri Lanka’s Special Mosquito Control Programme underway, now is the time to act.

✅ Check and clear your surroundings regularly to eliminate hidden breeding spots.

By keeping your environment clean, you can protect yourself and your family, and help prevent dengue in your community.



Ministry of Health - Sri Lanka

சுகாதார அமைச்சு், தேசிய டெங்கு கட்டுப்பாட்டு பிரிவு மற்றும் இணை அமைப்புகளுடன் இணைந்து, டெங்கு பரவலைக்கட்டுப்படுத்தும் நோ...
09/06/2026

சுகாதார அமைச்சு், தேசிய டெங்கு கட்டுப்பாட்டு பிரிவு மற்றும் இணை அமைப்புகளுடன் இணைந்து, டெங்கு பரவலைக்கட்டுப்படுத்தும் நோக்கில் ஜூன் 8 முதல் 10 வரை 12 மாவட்டங்களின் அதிக ஆபத்துள்ள சுகாதார வைத்திய அதிகாரி(MOH) பிரிவுகளில் சிறப்பு நுளம்பு கட்டுப்பாட்டு திட்டத்தை முன்னெடுக்கிறது.

இந்த ஆண்டில் மட்டும் 37,000-க்கும் மேற்பட்ட டெங்கு நோய் பதிவாகியுள்ள நிலையில், உடனடி மற்றும் கூட்டு முயற்சி மிகஅவசியமானதாகிறது.

டெங்கு தடுப்பில் சமூகங்களே முக்கிய பங்காற்றுகின்றன - சிறிய செயல்களால் பல உயிர்களை பாதுகாக்க முடியும்.
🔹 இன்று நீங்கள் செய்யக்கூடியவை:
•⁠ ⁠உங்கள் சுற்றுப்புறங்களில் நீர் தேங்கக்கூடிய பாத்திரங்களை காலியாக்கி சுத்தப்படுத்துங்கள் 🧽
• நீர் சேமிப்பு தொட்டிகள் மற்றும் நீர் தேங்கக்கூடிய பொருட்களை நன்கு மூடி வையுங்கள் 🪣
• மலர் குடுவைகள் மற்றும் தண்ணீர் வடிகட்டு தட்டுகளை சுத்தமாக வைத்திருங்கள் 🌱
• வடிகால்கள் மற்றும் நீரோட்ட வாய்க்கால்களை சுத்தம் செய்யுங்கள் 🚰
• குப்பைகளை முறையாக அகற்றுங்கள் 🗑️
• நுளம்பு வலைகள் மற்றும் நுளம்பு விரட்டிகளை பயன்படுத்துங்கள் 🛡️

வெளி சூழலை சுத்தமாக வைத்தல் மூலம் டெங்குவைத் தடுப்பதில் உலக சுகாதார நிறுவனம் தொடர்ந்து தனது பங்களிப்பைவழங்குகிறது.

இன்றைய சுத்தம் - நாளைய டெங்கு இல்லா சமுதாயத்திற்கு அடித்தளம் 🦟🚫

09/06/2026

At the RGD to Digital Excellence Training Programme under the Joint Programme, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka, Dr Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav highlighted, "The goal is to build a modern, efficient, secure, and citizen-centred civil registration system” 📱💪🏼

The initiative is implemented by the Government of and United Nations Sri Lanka SDG Fund, with funding from High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka and Maldives, European Union in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, British High Commission Colombo, UN Peacebuilding and Peace Support & Joint SDG Fund and led by UNDP Sri Lanka & WHO Sri Lanka.

What do we know about the ongoing outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus?Join WHO Health Emergencies experts for a we...
09/06/2026

What do we know about the ongoing outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus?

Join WHO Health Emergencies experts for a webinar on the latest developments and response efforts.

🗓️ 9 June 2026
🕐13:00 CEST (Geneva)

Register now by scanning the QR code ⬇️

සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, ජාතික ඩෙංගු මර්ධන ඒකකය සහ හවුල්කර පාර්ශ්වයන් සමඟ එකතු වී, ඩෙංගු රෝග ව්‍යාප්තිය අඩු කිරීම සඳහා, ජූනි ...
08/06/2026

සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, ජාතික ඩෙංගු මර්ධන ඒකකය සහ හවුල්කර පාර්ශ්වයන් සමඟ එකතු වී, ඩෙංගු රෝග ව්‍යාප්තිය අඩු කිරීම සඳහා, ජූනි 8 සිට 10 දක්වා දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 12ක අවදානම් සහිත MOH ප්‍රදේශවල විශේෂ ඩෙංගු මර්දන වැඩසටහනක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරමින් සිටී.

‼️ මේ වසරේ මෙතෙක් 37,000කට අධික රෝගීන් වාර්තා වී ඇති බැවින්, හදිසි සහ ඒකාබද්ධ ක්‍රියාමාර්ග අතිශය වැදගත්ය. ඩෙංගු වැළැක්වීමේ මූලික වගකීම සමාජයට හිමි වන අතර, සුළු ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ජීවිත රැක ගැනීමට උපකාරී වේ.

ඔබට කළ හැකි දේවල්:
•⁠ ⁠ඔබ අවට ඇති ජලය රැස්වන බඳුන් හිස් කර පිරිසිදු කරන්න 🧽
•⁠ ⁠ජල ගබඩා ටැංකි හා ජලය එකතු විය හැකි භාණ්ඩ ආවරණය කරන්න 🪣
•⁠ ⁠මල් පෝච්චි සහ කාණු තහඩු පිරිසිදු කරන්න 🌱
•⁠ ⁠ගටර් හා කාණු මාර්ග පිරිසිදුව තබාගන්න🚰
•⁠ ⁠කසළ නිසි ලෙස බැහැර කරන්න 🗑️
•⁠ ⁠මදුරු දැල් සහ මදුරු විකර්ෂක ද්‍රව්‍ය භාවිතා කරන්න 🛡️

ෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කාර්යාලය (WHO Sri Lanka) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩෙංගු පාලනය කිරීමේ සහ වසංගත වැළැක්වීමේ ජාතික ප්‍රයත්නයන් සඳහා සිය පූර්ණ සහයෝගය අඛණ්ඩව දක්වමින්, රට පුරා සමාජ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා තම කැපවීම පවත්වාගෙන යයි.

අද පිරිසිදු පරිසරයක් - හෙට ඩෙංගු රහිත රටක්! 🦟🚫



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