Others

UNIVERSITY and MINISTRY of HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS and ASSIGNMENTS (Past and Present)

  • 1978  to date: Honorary Consultant / Specialist in charge of the Obstetric & Gynaecology Unit of The University of Colombo at Ward 39 (Gynaecology) National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Ward. 3 & 15 (Obstetrics) De Soysa Hospital for Women,  Colombo.
  •  1978 to 1980: Secretary of the UNFPA Teaching Program of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
  • 1979 to 1982: Secretary, Board of Study in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo..
  • 1983 to 1986 and from 1989 to date: Member, Board of Study in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo.
  •  1980 to 1986: Course Organizer of the Lecture course in Basic Sciences for the MS (Obs. & Gyn.) Part I examination.
  • 1992 to date: Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
  • 1992 to date: Member of the Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
  • 1992 to 2001: Chairman – Reproductive Health Module for undergraduate training and Member of other relevant Committees of the New  Curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine by virtue of being the Professor and Head of the Department  of  Obstetrics & Gynaecology..
  •  1992 to date: Member of Ceylon Medical College Council
  • 1996 to date: Member of Drug Evaluation Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Health
  • 1994: Member of the Core group for the prevention and control of anaemia in pregnancy of the Ministry  of Health, Sri Lanka.
  • 1994  Member of the First National Ethical Review Committee for Human Experimentation organized by the National Programme for Health Systems Research of the National Institute of Health Sciences of the Ministry of Health.
  • 1993 to date: Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Maternal and Child Health of the World Health Organization
  • 1992 to date: Member of the Senate of the University of Colombo
  • 1995 to 2000: Member of the Task Force for HIV/AIDS Prevention of the Ministry of Health,   Sri Lanka,
  • 1996: Member of the Task Force to Develop the Manual for Training in Family   Planning, Family Health Bureau of Ministry of Health
  •  1996, Committee Member of the WHO collaborated Human Reproductive Research Programme of Sri Lanka
  •  1999 – 2001 November    Chairman of the WHO collaborative Human Reproduction Research Programme of Sri Lanka and then 2003 to 2007 – Chairperson of the Colombo Task Force of the WHO collaborated National Coordinating Committee of Reproductive Health Research in Sri Lanka.
  •  2000 to 2002: Chairman of the Advisory Board on Nursing Education of the Sri Lanka Medical Council at the request of the Hon. Minister of Health, The report of this committee was handed over in 2002.
  •  2003 to 2004: Resource person at the Consultative meeting of the Ministry of Health to Develop Guidelines on Organization and Management of Labour Rooms.
  • 1993 to date : Enquirer into individual maternal deaths as requested by the Ministry of Health:
    • 1993 – Letter No: MAD 61 / 89 Death of mother and her twins.1995 – Letter No: MAD 04 / 92 Death of mother
    • 2003 – Letter No: CF / DPH / 67 / 98 Death of mother
  •  2003 : Enquirer into complaint of irregularities at the Examination for the Certification of Efficiency as Pharmacists (External) at the request of the Registrar, Ceylon Medical College Council, the Paramedical Academic arm of the Ministry of Health.
  • 2004 to 2005 : Invited Member of the Ethics Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Council to develop a Provisional Code of Practice for Assisted Reproductive Technologies, June 2005.
  •  2004 to date : Member of the Board of Management of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of  Colombo.
  •  2005 to date : Member of the Interim Board of Study in Sports Medicine of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of  Colombo.
  • 2005 to date : Member of the Working Group on Well Woman Clinic Programme of the Family Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health.
  • 2005 to date : Member of the Human Reproduction and Genetic (HURG) Act drafting CommitteeUnder the National Bioethics Committee (NBC) and now National Committee on Ethics of Science & Technology.
  • 2007 : Assessor of abstracts of oral and poster presentations of the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific 19 – 23 August 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • 1992 to date: Member of Ceylon Medical College Council
  • 1996 to date: Member of Drug Evaluation Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Health
  • 2010 to date Member of Committee to provide recommendations for the National Drug Policy by the Cabinet of Ministers on the recommendation of the Hon. Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena to look into deficiencies in importation, storage, distribution and usage of pharmaceuticals.
  • 2011 to date Member of the committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health to carry forward the draft proposal to regulate Human Reproduction and Genetics (HURGA act).
  • 2011 December to date Member and Chairperson of the committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health to study and make recommendations on the training programmes conducted by the Ministry of Health for Nurses and other Mid-Level Health care providers.
  •     CONSULTANCIES AND SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
  •  1996, 9-20 December: Co – evaluator for the final assessment of programme for Family Planning Service Delivery on Estates – Project No. SRL/95/P04, at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka and the UNFPA.
  •  1996, 9-20 December: Co – Evaluator for the assessment of Country Programme for Strengthening  Family   Planning Service Delivery  Project No. SRL/94/P01, at the request of the Government of Sri Lanka and the UNFPA.
  •   2006: Resource person at the First Meeting of the South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality / Morbidity Reduction (South Asia MNMR Network : SAFOG & UNICEF-ROSA) 26 – 27 January 2006, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Presentation on “Human Resources for Maternal and Neonatal Health :
  • The South Asian Dilemma”.
  •  2007: Resource person at the 2nd Meeting of the South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality / Morbidity Reduction (South Asia MNMR Network : SAFOG & UNICEF-ROSA) 6th – 7th March 2007, Lahore, Pakistan. Presentation on “Human Resource Challenges in South Asia”.
  •  2008: Resource person at the Consultation Meeting between Regional Professional Societies and the UN agencies on Human Resource Development for Emergency Obstetric Care / Skilled Birth Attendance (The South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality / Morbidity Reduction : SAFOG & UNICEF-ROSA) 29th March 2008,  Katmandu, Nepal. Presentation on “Human Resource Policy and Strategy in Sri Lanka”.
  •  2008: Resource person on Human Resource development at the 3rd meeting of The South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality / Morbidity Reduction : SAFOG & UNICEF-ROSA. 6th to 8th June 2008. New Delhi, India.
  •  2008: Resource person from Sri Lanka at the Consultation on Assessing Institutional and Programme Capacity for Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity. Organized by the International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP) in Kuala Lumpur from 21 – 23 December 2008.
  • 2009 : Participant at the invitation of the WHO patient Safety group at the International Consultation Meeting for “The Safe Childbirth Checklist Program” at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland 8th– 9th July 2009.
  • 2009 : Invited as a resource person at the 58th Study Group of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on “Maternal and Infant deaths : Chasing the Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5”14th – 15th September 2009 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
  •  2009: the Second Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia. November 18 – 19, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), USAID.
  • 2010:Invited as a resource person at the Joint Wellcome Trust / Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Frontiers Meeting on Maternal & Early Childhood Health 4 & 5 March 2010 London, UK
  • 2010:Invited as a resource person to the UNFPA -WHO Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation with Professional Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Midwifery on Selected Clinical Management Guidelines on Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth from 29 to 30 September 2010
  •  2010:Invited as a resource person to the FIGO – Gates Project Annual Review Meeting in Addis Ababa from 27 to 29 October 2010 and speak on Maternal Death Reviews in Sri Lanka and their outcome.
  •  1996 – 2009 Founder Treasurer, Vice President and President Elect of the South Asia Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 2011.
  •  2011 to date President of the South Asia Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SAFOG).
  •  27th to 29th April 2012 as President of SAFOG organized the “SAFOG – UNFPA APRO Workshop on Quality Enhancement to Achieve MDG 5 by training of non-specialists and Anaesthetists” in collaboration with the UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office.

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