The Ministry of Health and Mass Media has established a National Steering Committee to effectively implement the “Clean Sri Lanka” program in the health sector.
This committee, chaired by the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, Specialist Dr. Anil Jasinghe, has 37 heads of the Ministry of Health and affiliated institutions as members.
This committee is scheduled to meet quarterly to take necessary decisions and discuss ideas and suggestions for the effective implementation of the “Clean Sri Lanka” program in the health sector. The quarterly progress reports prepared by the committee will be submitted to the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media.
The objectives of this committee are to provide policy guidelines at the national level to strengthen the main aspects of health services, namely prevention, control, and financing, and to effectively implement them in the health sector in conjunction with the “Clean Sri Lanka” program, and to coordinate and monitor the effective implementation of those policies and guidelines.
(dailynews.lk)
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