WHO praise for Lanka

The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised Sri Lanka for the action taken to prevent the spreading of HIV/AIDS, Avion Flu and other communicable diseases, a meeting at the Parliamentarians conference on HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh last month was told.

Although around 40,000 people died and others were displaced by the tsunami but no communicable diseases were reported from Sri Lanka. This was mainly due to the action taken by Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva together with the health staff including medical officers.

De Silva delivered a special speech at the conference.

The formal action taken by the Minister has been praised by the world community. De Silva who represented Sri Lanka at the conference said the WHO had said Sri Lanka has set an example to the world by preventing the spread of the two diseases.