Articles

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  Cover story

  Locked Down unto the Screens: advertisements during kids' movies in COVID -19 era

  L. C. D. Peiris, A. G. Jayasinghe, B. J. S. L. Jayathunga, K. G. R. Mewantha Thelis, P. S. K. Monarawila

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  31 Dec 2020

  26 ( 4 ) : 188-189
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  Continued Medical Education

  Theory of change: can its application really make a change?

  K. L. Maheeka D. Seneviwickrama

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  31 Dec 2020

  26 ( 4 ) : 234-237
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  Position Paper

  Debate about compulsory cremation of victims of COVID-19

  31 Dec 2020

  26 ( 4 ) : 193-196
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  Continued Medical Education

  ROBINS-I: A novel and promising tool for risk of bias assessment of nonrandomized studies of interventions

  Yasaswi Niranjala Walpita, Ulugbek Nurmatov

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 183-187
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  Review Articles

  Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and health policy making: a narrative review

  Anuji Upekshika Gamage, Chrishantha Abeysena

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 175-182
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  Narrative Report Series

  Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance: is it sufficient for public health response in COVID-19?

  S. Mahendra Arnold

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 170-174
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  Original Research Articles

  Road injuries among older people in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka – a comparative analysis

  Varuni Tennakoon, Roshini Peiris-John, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Bridget Kool, Shanthi Ameratunga

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 154-162
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  Brief Report

  Prenatal oral health: geo-spatial analysis of access to care

  Nirosha Ranasinghe, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 163-169
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  Original Research Articles

  Burden of work and workload indicator-based staffing needs of public health midwives in the primary health care system in Sri Lanka

  M. D. K. De Silva, N. I. Talagalla, P. Karthikeyan, M. S. Rubasinghe

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 148-153
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  Original Research Articles

  Reasons for seeking private sector vaccines available in the National Expanded Programme of Immunization for children under five years by parents residing in Nugegoda Medical Officer of Health area, Sri Lanka

  Manoj Jayakody, Enoka Liyanage, Pabasara Karunadasa, Wasantha Jayakody

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 139-147
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  Editorial

  Striving for quality in healthcare services: role of integration

  Sudath K. Dharmarathne, Dewanee Ranaweera

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 137-138
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  Cover story

  Patient safety is everyone's business

  
  

  Sinha De Silva, Sudath K. Dharmaratne

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  30 Nov 2020

  26 ( 3 ) : 135-136
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  Editorial

  The COVID-19 pandemic: tackling challenges through the public health system

  Shamini Prathapan, Carukshi Arambepola

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  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Preparedness and response for community transmission of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

  Irshad Mashood, R. M. T. D. Rathnayake, G. S. Dissanayake, W. D. J. K. Amarasena, W. M. P. C. Weerasinghe, Shiyam Ahmed, D. C. Welgama, B. M. I. Gunawardana, A. W. P. I. Gunathilaka, Suwani Dasanayake, Nirma D. Alpitiarachchi, Withanage Iresha Udayangani Jayawickrama, Charith Amidha Hettiarachchi, S. M. Arnold, Ruwan Ferdinando, Athula Liyanapathirana

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  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Doubling time as a measure of epidemiological spread in COVID-19

  Indumini Gunatilake, Prasad Weerasinghe, Nirma Alpitiarachchi, Indika Gunawardana, Thanuja Ratnayaka, Suwani Dasanayake, Gayani Dissanayake, Ahmed Shiyam, Irshad Mashood, Disala Welgama, Jinadari Amarasena, Iresha Jayawickrama, Charith Hettiarachchi, Mahendra Arnold, Ruwan Ferdinando

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  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Measures of mortality in COVID-19: beyond the death toll

  Prasad Chathuranga Weerasinghe, Indumini Gunatilake, Nirma Alpitiarachchi, Indika Gunawardana, Ahmed Shiyam, Suwani Dasanayake, Gayani Dissanayake, Thanuja Rathnayake, Irshad Mashood, Disala Welgama, Jinadari Amarasena, Iresha Jayawickrama, Charith Hettiarachchi, Ruwan Ferdinando, Mahendra Arnold

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  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Clinical presentation of COVID-19 and public health implications to Sri Lanka

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Lines of Operation of the Military, Police and State Intelligence for combatting COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Testing of SARS-CoV-2 in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Continuing maternal and child health (MCH) services during COVID-19: activities, challenges and the lessons learnt

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Herd immunity: evidence and way forward for COVID-19

  
  

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka: an epidemiological response

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  CFR of COVID-19: a comparison among different countries

  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  Effects of comorbidities on COVID-19

  
  

  Chithramali Hasanthika Rodrigo, Bhumini Karunarathna, Dharshini Kantharuban, Indumini Gunatilake, Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Sampatha Goonewardena, Ishanka Ayeshwari Talagala

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  14 Nov 2020

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  Technical Report Series

  COVID-19: the first coronavirus pandemic

  
  

  Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Dharshini Kantharuban, Chithramali Rodrigo, Bhumini Karunarathna, Ishanka Talagala, Indumini Gunatilake, Pushpa Jayawardana, Sampatha Goonewardena

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  14 Nov 2020

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