Family Planning Unit

Consultant Community Physician
loshan@msn.com

Ensure the availability and accessibility to quality modern family planning services.
Address the unmet need for contraception to reduce abortions and teenage pregnancies.
Ensure availability of male & female sterilization services in hospitals.
Establish an appropriate system for post-abortion care.
Ensure the uninterrupted availability of contraceptive commodities [Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS)].
Strengthen, rationalize & streamline services for sub-fertile couples.
Provide technical guidelines to service providers on contraceptive use & counselling materials.
Train master trainers in districts on contraceptive technology & counselling.
Register and provide equipment to family planning clinics.
Make recommendations on registration of contraceptives marketed in Sri Lanka.
Monitor & evaluate FP services & contraceptive availability in districts.
Monitor contraceptive failures, complications & poor-quality products and take appropriate action.