Collaborations

Partnerships and collaborations

The Department collaborates/has collaborated with several international and local agencies and institutions.

International

• RIEGELMAN This Is Public Health (TIPH) Global Grant Project 2025 Project in collaboration with Sri Lanka Public Health Education Institutions Network (LANKAPHEIN) and SEAPHEIN. https://med.jfn.ac.lk/this-is-public-health-jaffna/  (2025-)

• Bridging the gaps in Primary Care through Community Health Workers in Batticaloa district in collaboration with International Medical Health Organization. https://med.jfn.ac.lk/bridging-the-gaps-in-primary-care-through-community-health-workers-in-batticaloa-district/ (2025-) 

•   Manohari Project: Research initiative by Faculty of Medicine as part of the “Substance Use Prevention Programme: in collaboration with JMFOAI and Enlightenment Circle UK. (2025)

• EmpowerHer Initiative: Addressing Hunger and malnutrition through closing the gender gap and advancing economic equity: a pilot project in Kalvilan Mothers Club” in collaboration with Manithaneyam Trust UK (2024-)

• Digitally Integrated Care Pathways for Multiple Long-Term Conditions Management in Sri Lanka. DIGIPATHS Study in collaboration with University of Birmingham, in partnership with the University of Jaffna, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, and other Sri Lankan partner institutions including the University of Kelaniya, University of Colombo, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Funded by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). (https://med.jfn.ac.lk/digipaths-study-2/) (2024 -) 

• Medical Students’ exploring field visit to Jaffna for an exposure visit in collaboration with National University of Singapore (Duke NUS) (https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/) (2023 – )

• International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) , New Delhi (https://www.iihmrdelhi.edu.in/research) with collaboration of Ministry of Health , Sri Lanka to offering a certificate course  in health informatics  (2023-)

• Dyslexia study – Awareness among primary teacher on dyslexia and prevalence study on dyslexia among school children aged 8-14 years in Chennai district, India and Jaffna district, Sri Lanka (https://www.med.jfn.ac.lk/dyslexia-study/), collaboration with Vellore Institute of Technology (https://vit.ac.in/)- funded by India Sri Lanka Foundation C/O High Commission of Sri Lanka, No 27, Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri New Delhi, India 2023-)

• Impact of increasing salinity in groundwater on human health Research (Water salinity project) (https://www.med.jfn.ac.lk/water-and-health-research/) -funded by University of Manchester, UK (2023 -)  

• TRANSMED Project through ERASMUS Plus grant – Supported by European Union in collaboration with Autonomous University of Barcelona (https://www.uab.cat/web/universitat-autonoma-de-barcelona-1345467954774.html) and Sanquin Blood Centre Amsterdam , for capacity development on transfusion medicine (2023-)

• NIHR Global Health Research(https://www.nihr.ac.uk/) in collaboration with the University of Birmingham (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx), for project on Violence against Women and Children (2023-)

• Fertility care project – Community health worker – facilitated fertility care in Northern Province in Sri Lanka (https://www.med.jfn.ac.lk/community-health-care-worker-facilitated-fertility-care-in-northern-province-sri-lanka/)  to empower community members to identify sub-fertility issues early and create awareness on subfertility management (2022 -) 

• WASPAR Project -Water Security through Participatory Action Research in Northern Province – Multi Stakeholder approach for water security –  (https://www.nwf.jfn.ac.lk/) funded by  World Bank  through Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development AHEAD operation (2019-2023)

• Atrial Fibrillation Project – NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management https://project.jfn.ac.lk/global-af-reach/ – Sri Lanka in partnership with the University of Birmingham (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx), funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK(https://www.nihr.ac.uk/) (2018 -2023)

• World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka (http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/en/), Colombo, funding for Advocate for health in all policies approach in the city governance and to along the work of Jaffna healthy city to be in line with the action recommended by WHO https://www.med.jfn.ac.lk/jaffna-healthy-city/  (2022 -2023)

• The Capacity Development for Local Government (CDLG) Project of UNDP is part of larger efforts, supported by the European Union, The World Bank and other development partners, to strengthen the decentralization process and the local governance system in Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka implements the Local Development Support Project (LDSP) in four provinces – North, North Central, Eastern, and Uva. Primarily implemented in the war-affected North and Eastern (2021- )

• World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka (http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/en/), Colombo, funded for Support to the public education campaign on comprehensive waste management: An extension activity of establishment and functions of the WHO Jaffna Healthy City Coordinating Committee https://www.med.jfn.ac.lk/jaffna-healthy-city/  (2020 -2022)

• World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka (http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/en/), Colombo, funded for Video Audio based health promotional activity for COVID – 19 control in the Northern Province (2020)

• This is Public Health (TIPH) Campaign, sponsored by Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)(https://thisispublichealth.aspph.org/) funded to popularize the public health in a region outside of the United States with the support of the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Awardee), Sri Lanka Public Health Education Institutions Network (LANKAPHEIN) and South East Asian Public Health Education Network (SEAPHEIN)(2021-2022)

• Symposium on Non Communicable disease to solicit of the non – health sectors to the Healthy City Programme in Jaffna, funded by  World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka (http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/en/), Colombo (2019)

• Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/our-work/themes/social-responsibility/global-health/), University of Manchester, United Kingdom, MOU on education, research and academic development (2016- )

• Post-Graduate Medical Institute (http://www.anglia.ac.uk/postgraduate-medical-institute), Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom, MOU on education, research and academic development (2015- )

• World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka (http://www.searo.who.int/srilanka/en/), Colombo, funding of a community-based socio-demographic and health survey in the Jaffna University Project Area (2013-2014)

• Asian Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health APACPH (http://www.apacph.org/wp/) (2011- )

• South-East Asia Public Health Education Institutions Network SEAPHIEN http://www.searo.who.int/regional_director/speeches/2013/10_oct_2013/en/,

 

Local

•  The Institute for Health Policy, Colombo (https://www.ihp.lk/ ), engage with and support the Sri Lankan Health and Ageing Cohort Study (SLHAS) (2023)

• Office of the Provincial Director of Health Services, Northern Province (http://www.np.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=119), Disability Survey (2015- )
• LANKA Public Health Education Institutes Network (LANKAPHEIN), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (2009 -)