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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and health policy making: a narrative review

Gamage, A.U.; Abeysena, C. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka., 2020)

INTRODUCTION: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a policy tool for informed decision making that supports the entry and use of health-technologies. Three main forces have driven the development of HTA; rising healthcare ...
The impact of COVID-19 on health care accessibility and financial risk protection in Sri Lanka

Nandasena, S.; Gamage, A.U.; Periyasamy, N.; Rismy, M.; Balachandran, K.; Kasturiratne, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2023)

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted essential health services, and distorted social determinants of health, reducing healthcare accessibility and increasing financial risk. ...
Knowledge of non-communicable diseases and practices related to healthy lifestyles among adolescents, in state schools of a selected educational division in Sri Lanka

Gamage, A.U.; Jayawardana, P.L. (BioMed Central, 2017)

BACKGROUND: Behaviors established during the adolescence have life-long consequences to the onset of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in later life. Therefore, it is essential to understand adolescents' knowledge and ...

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