Publications by authors named "Lakshmi C Somatunga"
Decreasing incidence of hospital diagnosed CKD/CKDu in North Central Province of Sri Lanka: is it related to provision of drinking water reverse osmosis plants?
Asanga Venura Ranasinghe Lakshmi C Somatunga Gardiye Weligamage Gamini Priyantha Kumara Ranamuka Henayage Karunarathna Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva
BMC Nephrol
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the impact of reverse osmosis (RO) water on the rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka between 2010 and 2020.
- Hospital diagnosis rates of CKD showed a significant increase from 2010 to 2016, but began to decline after 2017, particularly in areas where over 20% of families had access to RO water.
- The findings suggest that access to RO water may contribute to reducing the incidence of CKD/CKDu in communities within NCP.
Healthy Lifestyle Centres: a service for screening noncommunicable diseases through primary health-care institutions in Sri Lanka.
D S Virginie Mallawaarachchi Shiranee C Wickremasinghe Lakshmi C Somatunga Vithanage Tsk Siriwardena Nalika S Gunawardena
WHO South East Asia J Public Health
September 2016
The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka initiated the Healthy Lifestyle Centres (HLCs) in 2011, to address the lack of a structured noncommunicable disease (NCD) screening service through the lowest level of primary health-care institutions. The main service objective of the HLCs is to reduce the risk of NCDs of 40-65 year olds by detecting risk factors early and improving access to specialized care for those with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The screened clients are managed at HLCs, based on the total-risk approach to assess their 10-year CVD risk, using the World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension risk-prediction chart.
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