Sri Lanka

Health facility assessments are being increasingly used to measure and monitor indicators of health workforce performance, but the global evidence base remains weak. The World Health Organization coordinated a series of facility-based surveys using a common approach in six countries: Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The objectives were to inform the development and monitoring of human resources for health policy within the countries; and to test and validate the use of standardized facility-based human resources assessment tools across different contexts.

This presentation from the 2008 Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resource for Health Conference discusses the potential impact of globalization and the challenges this presents to Sri Lankan health workers.


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This presentation from the 2008 Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resource for Health Conference discusses the need for the development of a disaster management course for healthcare workers in Sri Lanka.


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This presentation from the 2008 Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resource for Health Conference discusses the role of primary healthcare (PHC) in the WHO Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), specifically regarding non-communicable diseases (NCD) [adapted from presentation].


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According to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, there were only 0.589 physicians per 1000 population in 2006 This ratio is well below that of many countries with equivalent income levels. In order to determine the optimum level of production of medical graduates within the country, it is necessary to understand the extent of entry of foreign medical graduates into the national workforce, as well as the proportion lost to the workforce through overseas migration. [from abstract]

This website contains brief country reports on HRH development activities in 2008 from nations belonging to the Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on HRH.

The paper describes the primary health care achievements of the country with respect to the current status of the community health care workers, factors which contributed to their achievements and how their roles and responsibilities can be modified to face the future challenges. [from abstract]

This paper discusses a collaborative effort between two universities in Sri Lanka and Canada to create a distance education program to train nurses in Sri Lanka.

This article addresses some human resource problems amongst which migration of human capital to resourceful settings is detailed as a priority problem. Several factors have contributed to dissatisfaction and human resources, especially those with higher skills and qualifications, migrating towards more resourceful settings, both overseas and within the country. [from abstract]