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Sri
Lanka’s achievement on control of
communicable diseases in South-East Asia Region is commendable. Sri Lanka
is in the verge of the eliminating:
 Lymphatic
Filariasis,
Leprosy,
Malaria
and,
Polio.
Keeping in line with the CCS priorities of WHO in Sri Lanka,
prevention and control of communicable diseases need to be continued with its
focus on reducing excess mortality and morbidity especially among the poor
and marginalized and on assisting the country to reduce health inequities and
provide accessible, quality health services.
WHO in Sri
Lanka has concentrated its technical
support in this area mainly on:
Prevention
and control of Vaccine Preventable Disease through a mature and well
established EPI programme including AEFI surveillance.
Prevention
and control of emerging and re-emerging diseases such as Leptospirosis,
Dengue, cutaneous Leishmaniasis
and other zoonotic diseases
Reinforcing
the country’s ability to sustain the communicable disease elimination efforts
by national capacity building in the areas of surveillance, research, and
legislation.
Supporting
the strengthening of the existing disease surveillance system by expanding it
to capture morbidity data from the out-patient departments of public and
private medical facilities;
Reviewing
the disease control programmes and providing
technical assistance to improve the weaker areas in implementation;
Strengthen
the capacity on outbreak preparedness and response, including pandemic
preparedness and response
Preparation
of mid-term strategic plans and budgeted operational plans;
Resource
mobilization efforts mainly for TB, HIV and malaria control programmes, through GFATM mechanisms
Providing
new and quality assured technologies mainly for diagnosis and management of
diseases;
Supporting
conduct of operational research for evidence-based decision making.
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