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INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY

The Institute for Health Policy is an independent research institution, and a regional centre of excellence for health policy research, working on its own, in partnerships and with sponsors, to improve health and social systems in Sri Lanka and the wider region, by supporting, encouraging and informing policy change, through quality research, analysis and training. Read more...

IHP carries out research across a wide range of areas, ranging from ageing and population to social protection and pensions. To browse by research area, Click here

Highlights

Study team for the first clinic of the pilot study

The first clinic of the Diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy (Diagnose-DR) Pilot Study, was successfully conducted at the Eye Care Center (ECC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. The…

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IHP exemplars study

A full-day workshop was held on 4 April 2023 to present and discuss findings from the Johns Hopkins/IHP Exemplar study on the response of Sri Lanka’s health system to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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site relaunch

IHP is relaunching and it is almost time to cut the ribbon and unveil our exciting new website. 

Some of the links may not work and we apologize for the inconvenience.  Our archived site  is…

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IHP director Ravi Rannan Eliya

Dr Ravi Rannan-Eliya, Director IHP, in his article to the Sunday Times, shares five key facts we need to know to understand the future. He further reiterates

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News

Study team for the first clinic of the pilot study

The first clinic of the Diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy (Diagnose-DR) Pilot Study, was successfully conducted at the Eye Care Center (ECC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. The…

Read more...
IHP exemplars study

A full-day workshop was held on 4 April 2023 to present and discuss findings from the Johns Hopkins/IHP Exemplar study on the response of Sri Lanka’s health system to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Read more...
SLHAS 1st conference

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) 1st Conference was held on the 23rd of June 2023, at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. Many guests and participants from a wide range of institutions and…

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site relaunch

IHP is relaunching and it is almost time to cut the ribbon and unveil our exciting new website. 

Some of the links may not work and we apologize for the inconvenience.  Our archived site  is…

Read more...
IHP director Ravi Rannan Eliya

Dr Ravi Rannan-Eliya, Director IHP, in his article to the Sunday Times, shares five key facts we need to know to understand the future. He further reiterates

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,…

Read more...

DISCOVER OUR RESEARCH

We conduct research and analysis across a wide range of health and social policy issues, both in Sri Lanka and globally. We cover a wide range of cross-cutting themes. This section compiles and groups our work by key research areas. You may also view our research by country or search our research projects database. At IHP, we are committed to sharing our research findings widely as a public service.

SLOTS AD CCI V2

SLOTS polls a high quality, nationally representative panel of people every day. It provides a flexible, low-cost platform to survey topical…

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Covid Updates

Our weekly update for 4 August 2022 in Sri Lanka: an average of 119 cases and 4 deaths per day over the previous week. Cases and deaths are likely…

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SLOT Updates

IHP's Sri Lanka #ConsumerSentiment Index continued to decline thru June, falling 4 pts to 2, reaching its lowest level since we started tracking…

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SLHAS Updates

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) is the first longitudinal nationally representative study of health and ageing in Sri Lankan adults…

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SLHA Study

Regular tracking and reporting of health expenditure flows is vital to understand and monitor Sri Lanka’s health system. IHP team has been…

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Recent events

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A core part of the mission of the Institute for Health Policy is to strengthen capacity in health systems and health systems...

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We strongly believe that our research is a public good hence we are committed to the wide dissemination of our research.

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