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Quarantine measures for travellers

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Quarantine Health office

Quarantine Services

  1. Passenger medical assessment for communicable diseases
  2. Maintaining a communicable disease surveillance system
  3. Dead body clearance
  4. Monitoring of  disinfection and disinfection of aircraft
  5. Routine monitoring and supervision of premises  for  sanitation
  6. Inspection of food establishment
  7. Public health emergency management
  8. Training of public health staff and students
  9. Granting pratique to ships
  10.  Issue  of ship sanitation certificates
  11. Vaccinations are given for travellers who request Yellow Fever, Meningococcal and Oral Polio vaccines
  12. Issue of International Vaccine cards
  13. Provide health education to travellers who request vaccines and refer them to necessary facilities if needed ( eg: travellers are referred to Anti Malaria Campaign if need to get Malaria Prophylaxis)

Passenger medical assessment for communicable diseases

Maintaining communicable disease surveillance system

Dead body clearance

Monitoring of disinsection and disinfection of aircraft

Routine monitoring and supervision of premises for sanitation

Inspection of food establishment

Public health emergency management

Training of public health staff and students

Granting pratique to ships

Issue of ship sanitation certificates

Vaccinations are given for travelers who request Yellow Fever, Meningococcal and Oral Polio vaccines

Issue of International Vaccine cards

Provide health education to travelers who request vaccines and refer them to necessary facilities if needed ( eg : travelers are referred to Anti Malaria Campaign if need to get Malaria Prophylaxis)

Quarantine Services

The main objective of this unit is to protect people of Sri Lanka from disease threats of international spread. The main functions of the units include implementation of Quarantine and prevention of diseases ordinance of 1897, and International Health Regulations (IHR-2005).

Airport Health Office, Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) Katunayake, Port Health Office, Colombo Harbor, Office of the Assistant Port Health Officer, at MRI (vaccinations only), Port Health Office at Galle, Port Health Office at Rajapaksha International Port-Hambantota are carrying out the disease detection, reporting, emergency preparedness activities at the point of entries (POE) under the guidance of this unit. New units were established in Airport Health Office, Mattala and Port Health Office at Trincomalee harbor.

PARTNERS IN BORDER HEALTH

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