{"id":505,"date":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/profiles\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:13:11","slug":"others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/others\/","title":{"rendered":"Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Others<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">UNIVERSITY and MINISTRY of HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS and ASSIGNMENTS (Past and Present)<\/h3>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><\/b><b><strong>to date: Honorary Consultant \/ Specialist in charge of the Obstetric &amp; Gynaecology Unit of The University of Colombo\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at Ward 39 (Gynaecology) National Hospital of Sri Lanka and Ward. 3 &amp; 15 (Obstetrics) De Soysa Hospital for Women,\u00a0 Colombo.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1978 to 1980: Secretary of the UNFPA Teaching Program<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1979 to 1982: Secretary, Board of Study in Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology<\/strong><\/b>, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine\u00a0<b><strong>(PGIM),\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>University of Colombo..<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1983 to 1986 and from 1989 to date: Member<\/strong><\/b>,<b><strong>\u00a0Board of Study in Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology<\/strong><\/b>, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine\u00a0<b><strong>(PGIM),\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>University of Colombo.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1980 to 1986: Course Organizer<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Lecture course in\u00a0<b><strong>Basic Sciences for the MS (Obs. &amp; Gyn.) Part I examination.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1992 to date: Member of the Research and Higher Degrees Committee<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1992 to date: Member of the Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1992 to 2001: Chairman \u2013 Reproductive Health Module<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0for undergraduate training and Member of other relevant Committees of the New\u00a0 Curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine by virtue of being the Professor and Head of the Department\u00a0 of\u00a0 Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology..<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1992 to date: Member of Ceylon Medical College Council<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1996 to date: Member of Drug Evaluation Sub-Committee<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Ministry of Health<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1994: Member of the Core group for the prevention and control of anaemia in pregnancy<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Ministry\u00a0 of Health, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1994\u00a0 Member of the First National Ethical Review Committee for Human Experimentation<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0organized by the National Programme for Health Systems Research of the National Institute of Health Sciences of the Ministry of Health.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1993 to date:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Maternal and Child Health\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>of the World Health Organization<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1992 to date: Member of the Senate of the University of Colombo<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1995 to 2000: Member of the Task Force for HIV\/AIDS Prevention<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Ministry of Health,\u00a0\u00a0 Sri Lanka,<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1996: Member of the Task Force<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0to Develop the\u00a0<b><strong>Manual for Training in Family\u00a0\u00a0 Planning<\/strong><\/b>, Family Health Bureau of Ministry of Health<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1996, Committee Member of the WHO collaborated Human Reproductive Research Programme of Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1999 \u2013 2001 November \u00a0\u00a0 Chairman of the WHO collaborative Human Reproduction Research Programme of Sri Lanka and then 2003 to 2007 \u2013 Chairperson of the Colombo Task Force of the WHO collaborated National Coordinating Committee of Reproductive Health Research in Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2000 to 2002: Chairman of the Advisory Board on Nursing Education<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Sri Lanka Medical Council at the request of the Hon. Minister of Health,\u00a0<b><strong>The report of this committee was handed over in 2002.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2003 to 2004: Resource person\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at the Consultative meeting of the Ministry of Health\u00a0<b><strong>to Develop Guidelines on Organization and Management of Labour Rooms.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1993 to date : Enquirer into individual maternal deaths as requested by the Ministry of Health:<\/strong><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>1993 \u2013 Letter No: MAD 61 \/ 89 Death of mother and her twins.1995 \u2013 Letter No: MAD 04 \/ 92 Death of mother<\/li>\n<li>2003 \u2013 Letter No: CF \/ DPH \/ 67 \/ 98 Death of mother<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2003 : Enquirer into complaint of irregularities at the Examination for the Certification of Efficiency as Pharmacists (External)\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at the request of the Registrar, Ceylon Medical College Council, the Paramedical Academic arm of the Ministry of Health.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2004 to 2005 : Invited Member of the Ethics Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Council\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>to develop a\u00a0<b><strong>Provisional Code of Practice for Assisted Reproductive Technologies<\/strong><\/b>, June 2005.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2004 to date : Member of the Board of Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of\u00a0 Colombo.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a02005 to date : Member of the Interim Board of Study in Sports Medicine\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of\u00a0 Colombo.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2005 to date : Member of the Working Group on Well Woman Clinic Programme\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>of the Family Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2005 to date : Member of the Human Reproduction and Genetic (HURG) Act drafting Committee<\/strong><\/b>Under the National Bioethics Committee (NBC) and now National Committee on Ethics of Science &amp; Technology.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2007 : Assessor of abstracts of oral and poster presentations\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>of the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific 19 \u2013 23 August 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1992 to date: Member of Ceylon Medical College Council<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>1996 to date: Member of Drug Evaluation Sub-Committee<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of the Ministry of Health<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2010 to date Member of Committee to provide recommendations for the National Drug Policy\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>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.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2011 to date Member of the committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health to\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>carry forward the draft proposal to regulate Human Reproduction and Genetics (HURGA act).<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2011 December to date Member and Chairperson of the committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health to<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0study and make recommendations on the training programmes conducted by the Ministry of Health for Nurses and other Mid-Level Health care providers.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<b><strong>CONSULTANCIES AND SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1996, 9-20 December: Co \u2013 evaluator<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0for the final assessment of programme for\u00a0<b><strong>Family Planning Service Delivery on Estates \u2013 Project No. SRL\/95\/P04,<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0at the request of the\u00a0<b><strong>Government of Sri Lanka and the UNFPA.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1996, 9-20 December: Co \u2013 Evaluator<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0for the assessment of\u00a0<b><strong>Country Programme for Strengthening\u00a0 Family\u00a0\u00a0 Planning Service Delivery\u00a0 Project No. SRL\/94\/P01<\/strong><\/b>, at the request of the\u00a0<b><strong>Government of Sri Lanka and the UNFPA<\/strong><\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2006: Resource person at the First Meeting of the South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality \/ Morbidity Reduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(South Asia MNMR Network : SAFOG &amp; UNICEF-ROSA) 26 \u2013 27 January 2006, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Presentation on\u00a0<b><strong>\u201cHuman Resources for Maternal and Neonatal Health :<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>The South Asian Dilemma\u201d.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2007: Resource person at the 2nd Meeting of the South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality \/ Morbidity Reduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>(South Asia MNMR Network : SAFOG &amp; UNICEF-ROSA) 6th \u2013 7th March 2007, Lahore, Pakistan. Presentation on\u00a0<b><strong>\u201cHuman Resource Challenges in South Asia\u201d.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>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 &amp; UNICEF-ROSA)<\/strong><\/b>\u00a029<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2008,\u00a0 Katmandu, Nepal. Presentation on\u00a0<b><strong>\u201cHuman Resource Policy and Strategy in Sri Lanka\u201d.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2008: Resource person on Human Resource development at the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0meeting of The South Asia Regional Network on Maternal and Neonatal Mortality \/ Morbidity Reduction : SAFOG &amp; UNICEF-ROSA.<\/strong><\/b>\u00a06<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2008. New Delhi, India.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2008: Resource person from Sri Lanka\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at the Consultation on\u00a0<b><strong>Assessing Institutional and Programme Capacity for Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Organized by the International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP) in Kuala Lumpur from 21 \u2013 23 December 2008.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2009 : Participant at the invitation of the WHO patient Safety group\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at the International Consultation Meeting for\u00a0<b><strong>\u201cThe Safe Childbirth Checklist Program\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2009.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2009 :\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Invited as a resource person at the<b><strong>\u00a058<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Study Group of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0on\u00a0<b><strong>\u201cMaternal and Infant deaths : Chasing the Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5\u201d<\/strong><\/b>14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2009 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2009:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>the Second Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Pre-eclampsia\/Eclampsia. November 18 \u2013 19, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), USAID.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2010:<\/strong><\/b>Invited as a resource person at the\u00a0<b><strong>Joint Wellcome Trust \/ Children\u2019s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Frontiers Meeting on Maternal &amp; Early Childhood Health 4 &amp; 5 March 2010 London, UK<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>2010<\/strong><\/b>:Invited as a resource person to the\u00a0<b><strong>UNFPA -WHO Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>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<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2010<\/strong><\/b>:Invited as a resource person to the FIGO \u2013 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.<\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>1996 \u2013 2009 Founder Treasurer, Vice President and President Elect of the South Asia Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for 2011.<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>2011 to date President of the South Asia Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (SAFOG).<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April 2012 as President of SAFOG organized the \u201cSAFOG \u2013 UNFPA APRO Workshop on Quality Enhancement to Achieve MDG 5 by training of non-specialists and Anaesthetists\u201d<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0in collaboration with the UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.\u00a0sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.\u00a0sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.\u00a0sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10 fom-hidden&#8221;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Sample Title<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">sample text. sample text.<\/p>\n<p><\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text] 1978\u00a0 to date: Honorary Consultant \/ Specialist in charge of the Obstetric &amp; Gynaecology Unit of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/505\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/hr-seneviratne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}