Publications by authors named "Sumudu Karunaratna"
Introduction: Fever and thrombocytopenia, often presenting features of malaria, are also the hallmarks of dengue infections. This study examines the degree and duration of thrombocytopenia in imported malaria infections in Sri Lanka and the extent to which this could provide a false trail in favor of a dengue diagnosis.
Methods: The data of all confirmed malaria cases reported in Sri Lanka from 2017 to 2019 were extracted from the national malaria database.
A national programme to universally screen the population between 35 and 65 years for non-communicable diseases was established at 'Healthy Lifestyle Centres (HLCs)' in 2011 in Sri Lanka. Despite several efforts by policymakers, the uptake of screening remained <10% of the target population and with disparities in uptake across districts and among men and women. Considering service beneficiaries as a vital stakeholder, a discrete choice experiment was carried out to estimate people's preference for a non-communicable disease screening service delivery model in rural, urban and estate sectors in a district in Sri Lanka.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a mandatory social health insurance scheme providing coverage mostly for inpatient care for the public sector employees in Sri Lanka. For the 20 years of its' existence there is no clear evidence on its' effectiveness in reducing the financial burden due to ill health. We conducted a cross-sectional study among public sector employees (n = 500) in one district.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Alcohol related disease conditions are responsible for a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality in Sri Lanka. This study quantified the economic cost of selected alcohol related disease conditions in Sri Lanka in 2015.
Methods: This study uses the prevalence-based cost of illness methodology specified by the World Health Organization, and uses the gross costing approach.