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Epidemiology Unit, Sri Lanka is mainly responsible for the communicable disease control in the country. It’s main activities involve communicable disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, conducting immunization programs, and conducting research to generate data related to infectious disease prevention and control.
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Healthy people in a healthy Sri Lanka. OUR MISSION. To...
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Functional Organogram of the Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of...
- History
The year 1959 marks the establishment of the Epidemiology...
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Key Achievements
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Milestones - Epidemiology Unit
- Careers at EPID
Careers at EPID - Epidemiology Unit
- National Immunization Programme
Immunization is the administration of a vaccine to stimulate...
- VPD
Poliomyelitis was a serious public health concern in Sri...
- Special vaccination campaigns
Special vaccination campaigns - Epidemiology Unit
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National Survey on Surveillance of Adverse Events Following...
- Vision and Mission
Covid-19 disease surveillance and vaccination. Since the detection of first Covid-19 case in January 2020, Epidemiology unit of Sri Lanka has been taking all necessary steps to reduce the spread of the disease in the country.
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Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, #231, De Saram Place, Colombo 10. Tel : +94-11-2695112, +94-11-2681548, +94-11-4740490, +94-11-4740491, +94-11-4740492, +94-11-4334841 Fax : +94-11-2696583. E-mail : chepid@sltnet.lk (Chief Epidemiologist), epidunit@sltnet.lk (Epidemiology Unit)
Epidemiology Unit - Ministry of Health GOAL. Quarantine Unit - Ministry of Health GOAL. Center for Disease Control & Prevention. Department of Government Information. Daily Situation Reports of Epidemiology Unit ( Sri Lanka)
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The Epidemiology Unit was established in 1959 with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen surveillance of communicable diseases.
http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/index.php?lang=enhttps://www.facebook.com/Epidemiology-Unit-Ministry-of-Health-Sri-Lanka-263820623804121/?ref=nf_target&eid=ARAbE_gVfCc127s1SJJAW5rZ5CXq_9fk0nVw6DHJVflnY1jmiXufdODYk69KBAfcHVJnO5tC59jB_mnr&hc_ref=AR...- epid.gov.lk (domain)- www.facebook.com/Epidemiology-Unit-Ministry-of-Health-Sri-Lanka-263820623804121/ (domain)In 2017, a total of 186 101 suspected cases and 440 dengue-related deaths were reported to the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. This number is the highest number of suspected cases reported in a single calendar year in Sri Lanka since dengue was designated a notifiable disease in 1996.
Disease surveillance is a main strategy in disease prevention and control. The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health is the leading institution which carries out epidemiological surveillance and coordinates dengue related disease activities with the National Dengue Control Unit.