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PPIE workshop by Colombo Uni and IRD

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social care have organized a workshop on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in the Ethical design of Research, said a release.

It said: Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo in collaboration with the Institute for Research & Development in Health and Social care (IRD) will conduct a workshop titled “Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in the Ethical design of Research” on Tuesday (22). The workshop will be held at the University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine Tower (UCFM Tower) Mini Auditorium 1 (1st Floor) from 1 pm to 4 pm. It is one of the Pre-congress workshops of the Colombo Medical Congress 2022.

The workshop is open for any professional or public interested in high-quality research for nation-building.

Having a PPIE component included in the research proposals has increasingly been recognized as a requirement by medical and health research grant awarding bodies such as National Institute for Health and Care (NIHR), United Kingdom (UK), Medical Research Council (MRC), UK, and Wellcome Trust, UK. PPIE entails research being carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ people, rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’ them. It is a novel approach that requires researchers to form an active and meaningful collaboration with patients and the public in research. PPIE adds value to the research. Patients and the public can help to improve the quality of research – they can identify which research topics are most relevant to them, contribute to study design, and interpret and disseminate findings. While the inclusion of PPIE is widely adopted in medical research in the Western world, awareness of PPIE within the Sri Lankan medical research community is still considerably limited.

An eminent panel of resource persons will conduct the workshop including Dr. Ayesh Hettiarachchi Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Prof. Upul Senarath Chair Professor of Community Medicine and Specialist in Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Prof. Gominda Ponnapperuma Professor & Head, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Prof. Duminda Guruge Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Dr. Asiri Hewamalage, Consultant Community Physician, National Program Manager, Child Care, Development & Special Needs, Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, Dr. Enoka Wickremasinghe Consultant Community Physician, Estate & Urban Health Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health, Keele University, United Kingdom, Emeritus Professor of Global Mental Health, Kings College London, UK. Chairperson, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka, and Dr. Steven Blackburn, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham.


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Heat Index at ‘Caution level’ in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces and in Anuradhapura, Mannar, Vavuniya and Monaragala districts

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US dodges question on AKD’s claim SL denied permission for military aircraft to land

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A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Colombo declared that the United States and Sri Lanka maintain a long-standing defence partnership, grounded in transparency, mutual respect, and shared interests.

The official said so in response to The Island query regarding President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent bombshell disclosure, in Parliament, that his government declined to allow the US Air Force to use the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, following the eruption of the latest West Asia war.

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No decrease in remittances from workers due to Gulf conflict, but significant drop in tourist arrivals – CB Governor

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Sri Lanka’s worker remittances had not seen a decrease despite the ongoing conflict in West Asia, Central Bank (CBSL) Governor, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said yesterday.

“Based on currently available data, they have not seen a decline in remittances. In fact, according to that we have observed, is a slight increase in remittances in the past few days, ” the Governor said at a media conference held at the Central Bank head office in Colombo.

Governor Weerasinghe also mentioned that he had not seen any reports about Sri Lankans returning to the country from the Middle East due to the ongoing conflict.

The Central Bank Governor, however, acknowledged that there had been a decrease in tourist arrivals. He confirmed that tourist arrivals had decreased by around 17 percent due to the current volatile situation in the Middle East.

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