Overview
- To develop training modules.
- Training of health staff in basic communication skills
- Training of Medical Officers of Health (Newly recruited) on patient/public communication skills.
- Orientation programs for undergraduate medical students
- To provide technical guidance and resources for training programs conducted by other units/ other institutions whenever necessary.
- To conduct innovative research on capacity building
- Communication and social marketing strategy development and implement for national emergency health situations/disaster activities-floods, measles outbreak
- Measles hesitancy national communication/IPC training for public health staff
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Activities

Orientation program for undergraduate medical students at Sri Jayawardena University
An Orientation program for undergraduate medical students at Sri Jayawardena University took place in collaboration with the Family Health Bureau and Epidemiology Unit. Nearly 50 medical graduates participated in this program.

Interactive experimental session for third year medical students at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo on hospital health promotion setting.
Interactive experimental session was conducted for third year medical students at faculty of Medicine ,University of Colombo on Hospital as a Health Promotion Setting. Nearly 150 medical students participated in this session.
Orientation program for premedical doctors of Galle district on health promotion
An Orientation program on health promotion was conducted among 50 students who were selected from Galle District to enter medical faculty.

Basic communication skill training for trainee public health midwives
Basic communication skill training program was conducted at the Public Health Complex, Narahenpita for trainee public health midwives. Introduction to basic communication skills, interpersonal communication and application of health communication in the community and field visits were the main areas covered during the training program.