Sri Lanka National Consultation on Birth Defects Prevention and Control - April 2013

Sri Lanka National Consultation Meeting on Birth Defects Prevention and Control was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 17 to 19 of April 2013. Nearly 50 stakeholders representing various curative and preventive sectors attended the meeting to review the problem of birth defects and develop the National Strategic Plan on Prevention & Control of Birth Defects in Sri Lanka. Two experts from Centre for Disease Control Atlanta and the focal point of Child Health Development in WHO/SEARO contributed as resource persons. 
 

 

This workshop was organized at local level jointly by WHO and Ministry of Health. Dr. Anoma Jayathilaka (NPO – WHO) and Dr. Kapila Jayaratne (National Coordinator Birth Defects Prevention & Control – Ministry of Health) coordinated the organization of the workshop.