A series of
training programmes on Avian Influenza Preparedness
is now being conducted by the Epidemiology Unit at the hospitals that have been
selected as sentinel sites for Avian Influenza. The objective of this programme is to develop awareness on Avian Influenza
preparedness among the hospital staff and it is aimed for clinicians, nursing
staff and laboratory technicians. Programmes have so
far being carried out in National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Teaching Hospital Ragama, Teaching
Hospital Kurunegala and Infectious