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PHM SRI LANKA – NEWS

2011 - November

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Nagarodaya, 155 A, Dr. Ganister de Silva Mawatha, Colombo 08.

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 PHM Sri Lanka would like to announce the appointment of Dr Vinya
Ariyarathne [National Coordinator PHM Sri Lanka]  as President of College
of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka. This is a great achievement for him
as well as for PHM Sri

Lanka. We take this opportunity to congratulate Dr Vinya on your new
appointment and please accept our warm wishes.

PHM Sri Lanka









[image: Text Box: PROTEST LETTER Stop Police harassments: Many
Organizations informed us that they are having Police harassments when they
carryout HIV/AIDS control programmes, especially when their workers carry
condoms to vulnerable places. But carrying condoms is not a legal offence.
PHM has brought this to the notice of the Health Minister to take necessary
steps to inform the Inspector-General of Police to notify the Police
Stations to stop this type of Police harassments during HIV/AIDS control
activities.]






















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*Stop Police Harassments*

Many Organizations informed us that they are having Police harassments when
they carryout HIV/AIDS control programmes, especially when their workers
carry condoms to vulnerable places. But carrying condoms is not a legal
offence.

PHM has brought this to the notice of the Health Minister to take necessary
steps to inform the Inspector-General of Police to notify the Police
Stations to stop this type of Police harassments during HIV/AIDS control
activities.



 [image: Text Box: STATEMENT ON PEOPLE’S HEALTH MOVEMENT (PHM) – SRI LANKA]







PHM – Sri Lanka highly supports the campaign of Breast Feeding.  It is a
right of the child and the mother.  PHM Sri Lanka declared it as a social
responsibility.  Society should protect that right and should make a
supportive environment towards this.**

·      Mainly the Sri Lankan supportive groups should focus on two factors:-
*                     *At present, the WHO, UNICEF and the Sri Lanka Health
authorities advocate to the mothers to breast feed their babies exclusively
for six months.  However, working mothers do not get maternity leave for a
period of 06 months.  Hence, **

Granting of six months maternity leave should be     demanded.
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·       At the moment, after the second child, the mothers do not get full
maternity leave i.e. not even 03 months.  This is a violation of rights of
the mothers and children.  We should take the leadership to stop this
discrimination.  Breast feeding is a right of every child and mother.
Hence, we would like to appeal from Health Organizations, Right-based

·       Groups and Women’s organizations to take these matters seriously
and give a leadership to the rights of mothers and children. SIRIMAL
PEIRIS
CONVENOR PHM – SRI LANKA






[image: Text Box: PHM - Sri Lanka Participated as in ILPS in Manila –
Philippines]









Menu Nilukshika participated on behalf of Vikalpani National Women’s
Federation Sri Lanka for the 4th International assembly of the
International league of People’s Struggle in Manila Philippines, She was
participated to the commission no #12 is the Right of the Peoples Health
and The Right of the Health Workers.



*One Day workshop on Tapping Touch conduct by Dr. Ichiro Nagakawa, a
clinical phychologist and an ordained Buddhist mon came from Japan and the
workshop conducted in Sarvodaya Sri Lanka. NGO workers, teachers, medical
doctors, sisters and students were participated to this event and they will
learn this techniques within two days. *





*Editorial Committee**:-*

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Menu Nilukshika        -           VIKALPANI

Padma Pushpakanthi  -           SAVISTHRI

Sirimal Peris               -           PHM
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