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Major Activities

1.Disease surveillance (communicable and non-communicable diseases)

2.Planning, monitoring and evaluation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization

3.Control of diarrhoeal diseases and acute respiratory infections

4. Control of dengue haemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis and rubella

5.Planning, monitoring and evaluation of the new, emerging and re-emerging iseases (NERD)

6.Providing feed back on selected communicable diseases

7.Conduct research activities relevant to epidemiology

 
 
 

General disease surveillance

Monitoring the surveillance activities at central and regional level

Forecast, monitor and control disease outbreaks

Review the surveillance activities at central and regional level

Maintain the quality of surveillance data at regional and central level


Training medical and paramedical personnel on epidemiological surveillance

Laboratory surveillance of selected diseases

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Expanded Programme on Immunization

Immunization

Planning, monitoring and evaluation of Expanded Programme on Immunization (E.P.I) and rubella control programme

Planning, monitoring and evaluation of national and sub-national immunization days

Monitoring Adverse Events Following Immunization (A.E.F.I.)

IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOR EPI VACCINES

Surveillance

Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis

 1. National Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative AFP Surveillance Programme 
      Poliomyelitis was made a notifiable disease in Sri Lanka in 1944. OPV ....<more>
       AFP Surveillance Report :  2003/2004 , 2005 , 2006 

Surveillance of neo-natal tetanus
Ensuring 100% clean deliveries in collaboration with Family Health Bureau



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  Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (C.D.D.) and Acute Respiratory Infections (A.R.I.)

1.Planning, monitoring and evaluation of the C.D.D./A.R.I. programmes

2.Training medical and paramedical personnel

3.Monitoring the control activities

4.Improving public awareness of treatment and home management of cases of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections

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Control of Dengue Fever (D.F.)/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (D.H.F.)

1.Strengthening the surveillance of D.F./D.H.F

2.Monitoring the control activities

3.Improving public awareness on control measures

4.Training health staff on D.F./D.H.F. control and manageme
nt

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Control of Japanese Encephalitis (J.E.)

Strengthening the surveillance of Japanese Encephalitis (J.E.)

Planning, monitoring and evaluating J.E. immunization programme

Improve public awareness on control measures

 

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  Control of rubella infection

Planning, monitoring and evaluating the immunization programme against rubella

Surveillance of congenital rubella syndrome

Public awareness on rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)


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New, emerging and re-emerging diseases

Surveillance for new, emerging and re-emerging diseases

Training health personnel on new, emerging and re-emerging diseases

Establishment of epidemic preparedness, rapid response teams at central and divisional levels

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