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Dr. Margaret Chan

Dr Magaret Chan

Dr. Margaret Chan of China took up office as WHO’s Director-General

 

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Ban Ki Moon

BAN KI-MOON - Secretary-General of the United Nations
      

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WHO Sri Lanka Newsletter

Newsletter Vol-2 Issue 2

Health line Issue: 2, Volume: 2

June 2006

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World No Tobacco Day Award Ceremony

World No Tobacco Day Award CeremonyDr.Samlee Plianbangchang ,Regional Director ,WHO South –East Asia,  presenting the WHO Director –General’s World No Tobacco Day Award, 2007 for leadership in Global Tobacco Control to Hon’ble  Nimal Siripala de Silva ,Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition ,in the presence of His Excellency, Mahinda Rajapksha,The President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

The Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia, Dr.Samlee Plianbangchang on 24th August 2007 presented the WHO Director -General’s World No Tobacco Day Award, 2007 for leadership in Global Tobacco Control to Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition, Hon'ble Nimal Siripala de Silva in the presence of His Excellency, Mahinda Rajapksha, The President of Sri Lanka.  Speaking at the award presentation ceremony Dr.Samlee Plianbangchang said “receiving the Director –General’s World No Tobacco Day Award is a befitting recognition of personal commitment, dedication, unrelenting efforts and visionary leadership of Hon’ble Minister in advancing the tobacco control agenda in Sri Lanka.”

8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (8th ICAAP) - Colombo, 19-23 August 2007

8th International Congress on AIDS8th ICAAP is the four day congress from 19th to 23rd, August 2007, at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo. More than 3500 delegates from over 60 countries in Asia and the Pacific are expected to come together in Colombo for 8th ICAAP and will be the biggest ever conference to be held in Sri Lanka.

It  will bring together politicians, government officers, medical experts, academics, people living with HIV/AIDS, community workers and the media to discuss a wide range of issues with regard to this epidemic, that   is confronting this region.

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Dengue

An increase in dengue cases has been reported from certain areas, with latest data indicating that the average increase in the city of Colombo was 85 % compared with statistics from 2005, while there has been a 100% increase in the month of April. The Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council has warned of a possible epidemic by June given the increase in cases. Officials have connected this to the South West Monsoon rains, which are expected at the end of May. Programs are being implemented to mobilize staff of government institutions, organizations, private sector companies etc to inspect households and private and public sector offices to eradicate breeding the ground of Aedes mosquitoes.

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Avian Influenza

WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1 avian influenza and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. As of today, there are no reported avian flu cases in Sri Lanka in either poultry or human beings.

 

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