On March 11,2025, the Eye Care Center (ECC) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, in collaboration with the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), hosted a public education session on
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A study tour, supported by UNICEF Bangladesh and coordinated by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), Sri Lanka, was conducted to enhance the technical capacity of Bangladesh's Ministry of Health
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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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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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From July 23-25, Ministry of Health delegations from Bhutan, Indonesia, Guyana, Uzbekistan, Vietnam gathered in Indonesia for a Linked Immunisation Action Network (Linked) meeting organised by the
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The Linked Immunization Action Network (Linked) is a collaborative learning network for middle-income countries that is supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
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The Linked Immunisation Action Network (Linked) successfully hosted a study tour in Sri Lanka in June 2023 with participants from the Indonesia and Vietnam Ministries of Health. Led by the
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A study tour, supported by UNICEF Bangladesh and coordinated by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), Sri Lanka, was conducted to enhance the technical capacity of Bangladesh's Ministry of Health
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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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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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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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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.
The Institute for Health Policy (IHP) conducts this survey in order to improve the availability of statistics on the contribution of private
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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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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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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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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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