Dr. Kapila Jayaratne, Senior Registrar in Community Medicine of Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, has been awarded the prestigious Donald Court Visiting Fellowship by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), United Kingdom.
His extensive field work and research in the field of child health has been taken into consideration in selection for this fellowship which is awarded annually for the medical professionals worldwide involved in community child health.
Under this fellowship, Dr. Jayaratne is to undergo a three week training in childhood disability at Nottingham University Hospital.
In addition, he has been selected to present a scientific paper on 'Musculoskeletal Pain among school-going adolescents - a prevalence study in South Asia' based on his research on Sri Lankan schoolchildren at the Spring Meeting of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health held from April 14 to 17 at the York University.
Daily News Healthwatch Friday, 11 April 2008 -http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/04/11/fea08.asp
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