Ministry of Health Archives

June 6, 2023

Colombo, June 6, 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the European Union (EU)-funded BESPA-FOOD (Best Standardized Practices for the Agri-Food Sector) project will support the government to establish a well-coordinated food safety system in the country. Through the 6.5 million Euro project, FAO will work […]

September 15, 2022

September 6, 2022: Further committing to its nation-building efforts, Lina Manufacturing – the pharmaceutical manufacturing segment of Sunshine Healthcare Lanka (SHL), recently delivered its first order of 100% locally formulated and manufactured Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs) to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Delivered through the Medical Supplies Division of the MoH, the consignment was handed over […]

July 11, 2022

Wife Yogeswari hands over purpose-built facility designed by architect Anjalendran to Ministry of Health Ragama, Friday 8th July 2022: A 100-bed, purpose-built cancer hospital was gifted to the people of Sri Lanka today in a poignant tribute to the memory and legacy of philanthropy of one of Negombo’s most-loved former citizens […]

June 22, 2022

Colombo, Sri Lanka (June 21, 2022): INSEE Cement, Sri Lanka’s largest and leading cement manufacturer handed over 10,000 doses of Erythropoietin (EPO) vaccinations to the Ministry of Health today to address the shortage of medicine resulting from Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis. The donation valued at LKR 40 million, and procured […]

July 9, 2021

Colombo, July 07, 2021: Unilever Sri Lanka, one of the largest fast-moving consumer goods companies in the country, has donated 32 oxygen concentrators worth Rs.10 million to the Ministry of Health, as part of its on-going efforts to support the government in managing the prevailing pandemic. Through this partnership, the oxygen concentrators […]

June 25, 2021

In continuing Upfield Lanka’s efforts to support relief measures to successfully manage ongoing responses to COVID-19 in the country, the company stepped up its efforts by further donating 5 (five) units of Pulse Oximeters to the Ministry of Health on 23rd June 2021. The donation was handed over to the Secretary of […]

June 9, 2021

Colombo, June 8, 2021 – Rhino Group serving Sri Lanka for over half a century, has stepped forward to donate 8 ICU Ventilators worth over Rs. 10 million to the Ministry of Health to support the nation combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has announced. As a corporate entity with the welfare […]

March 15, 2021

World’s pioneering private-label supplier of hand protection, Midas Safety donated 1 million medical grade gloves worth Rs. 16 million to the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka to aid the country’s relentless fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic. The donation includes Nitrile Industrial High Risk disposable gloves that offer effective protection against virus contamination […]

March 8, 2021

operates a purpose-built PCR testing facility geared with the latest technology 05 March, 2021: Asserting its strong commitment in curbing the growing implications of the pandemic, leading private healthcare provider Hemas Hospitals signed an MOU with the Ministry of Health to commence COVID-19 PCR testing in a new state-of-the-art PCR laboratory on the 5th March […]

January 27, 2021

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 27, 2021 – In an effort to make it easier for people to donate blood, Facebook has launched the Blood Donations feature in Sri Lanka in partnership with the Ministry of Health’s National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) supported by the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB). Till date, 24 blood cluster centers have […]

FAO to support the Ministry of Health to enhance Sri Lanka’s food safety policy through EU-funded BESPA-FOOD project

Lina Manufacturing delivers the first ever locally-produced Metered Dose Inhalers to Ministry of Health

Jayam Wijayaratnam’s legacy lives on in gift of 100-bed cancer hospital

INSEE Cement Donates 10,000 EPO Vaccinations for Anaemic Kidney Patients in Sri Lanka

Unilever Sri Lanka donates 32 oxygen concentrators worth Rs. 10 million to Ministry of Health

Upfield Lanka donates 5 units of Pulse Oximeters to the Ministry of Health

Rhino Group Donates 8 ICU Ventilators to Ministry of Health

Midas Safety Sri Lanka Donates One Million Medical Gloves To Ministry of Health For COVID-19 Relief

Hemas Hospitals signs MOU with Ministry of Health to commence COVID-19 PCR Testing

Ministry of Health joins hands to launch Facebook’s Blood Donations feature in Sri Lanka