Health workforce development beyond COVID-19 I SLMA Pre-Congress workshop
Channel: Sri Lanka Medical Association
Date: 2020-08-05

The pre-congress workshop ‘2020-International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife: Health workforce development beyond COVID-19’, shares experience on essential maternal and child health services during the COVID 19 outbreak. The year 2020 is identified as the International year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the WHO to felicitate the performances of these irreplaceable roles and to give a recognition to their services. Global and regional perspectives of sustaining essential MCH Services, Improving quality of Midwifery services in RMNCAH care during COVID 19 and beyond through the lessons learnt and the key actions, Addressing the need for capacity development among nurses in face of COVID 19 pandemic, Tools and technologies for professional development in “New normal” in the context of Nursing and Midwifery and the new role of human resources in talent management of Health workforce are focused in the discussion.
Speakers:
Dr. Anoma Jayathilaka, Medical Officer Maternal Health and Reproductive Health, WHO/SEARO
Dr. Chitramalee de Silva, Director Maternal and Child Health, Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health
Mrs. Asoka Abeynayake, Director/ Nursing, Ministry of Health
Dr. Sudath Samaraweera, Deputy Director General/ Education, Training and Research, Ministry of Health
Ms. Chathuri Wimalanaga, Manager, Human Resources, Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC