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World No Tobacco Day Award Ceremony
 Dr. 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.”
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8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and
the Pacific (8th ICAAP) - Colombo, 19-23 August 2007
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 8th 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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World Health Day 2006
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April 2006: The National Commemoration to mark World Health Day was held
at the BMICH. The ceremony which was organized
by the Health Education Bureau, under the guidance of its Director, Dr. Kanthi Ariyaratne was graced by
the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition, Hon. Nimal
Siripala De Silva as well as senior officials of
the Health Ministry and the World Health Organization Representative to Sri
Lanka, Dr. Agostino Borra
and representatives of the different sectors of the Health profession in the
country.
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Informal Consultation to Examine the
Implementation Aspects of the National Medicinal Drug Policy
 16 March 2006: The Ministry of
Healthcare and Nutrition and the World Health Organization jointly organized
a consultation at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute to examine the
implementation aspects of the National Medicinal Drug Policy which was
developed last year.
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Sri Lanka National
Health Information Technology Workshop
 10
March 2006: WHO’s Sri
Lanka eHealth
Project was initiated in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) with the aim of strengthening health services in the
country, especially in the peripheral and the Tsunami- affected areas. The
Project aims to provide training and continuing professional development
opportunities for all healthcare workers, and give them access to essential
and up-to-date medical information.
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Partners Round Table
on the Implementation of the New Mental Health Policy in Sri Lanka
 15
February 2006: The World Health Organization Country Office in Sri Lanka brought together several leading
personalities in the field of Mental Health from both abroad and locally for
an afternoon of discussion, deliberation and decision making on Wednesday,
15th February 2006 at the Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo.
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Launch of WHO
Country Cooperation Strategy 2006 - 2011
 15
February 2006: The WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is an
instrument for responding to changing country needs through a more
country-focused approach. It is a mechanism that allows WHO at all levels to
review and redress the way WHO works in, and with, Thailand. WHO Sri Lanka has just completed a
review and revision of this strategy for the years 2006-2011.
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