Jaffna Healthy City ‣ Faculty of Medicine

Who we are?

The Jaffna Healthy City is a project implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is engaged with Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna as their key partner to implement Jaffna Healthy City Project. Jaffna is one of the city, chosen in South Asia to improve health status.

Our Committee

Three levels of committees were formed to implement the Jaffna healthy city programme.

Steering Committee

provide leadership and oversee the progress

Mayor
Government Agent of Jaffna
Secretary to Governor
Provincial Director of Health Service
Provincial Director of Education Service
Representative of Dean, University of Jaffna
Country representative WHO

Management Committee

to monitor and evaluate the progress of the programme and report to the steering committee

Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Commissioner, Municipal Council
Zonal Director of Education
Programme coordinator for school Health and Nutrition, PDE NP
Urban Development Authority
Road Development Authority
Central Environment Authority
Divisional Secretariat Jaffna and Nallur

Implementation Committee

executing the programme

Head, Department of Community and Family Medicine
Public Health Engineering Department
School medical officer
Project coordinator

Our Partners

We are proud to partner with a wide range of organizations

UNICEF, World Vision, Save a Life, SOND, Offer, Ceymplon, Jaffna Diabetes Association

Our Approach

We are following the Healthy settings approach defined by WHO. Three main settings has identified to implement our programme.

schools, institutions and public places

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What we do?

we are working under the five main themes

Waste Management

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WASH

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Healthy Food and Diet

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Physical Activity

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Covid 19 Prevention

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