Right to Health of Internally Displaced Persons - IDP SriLanka

equired for the division, but currently only 4 PHIs and 19 PHMs and
have been deployed to provide the health services to both Local
communities and IDPs. But based on DPDHS-Puttalam data, “the
approved PHI carder” is 5 positions as at fourth quarter of 2007, where
only host community population exceeds 100,000 people.
A Case Study
Al Qassimi Relocation/Resetlement Village – Puttalam
- 500 displaced families (From Mannar & Mulathivu)
- 500 permanent houses
- A Central Dispensary and a School are operating in RL V and administered by
Mannar district administration.
Nearest Maternity Clinic- Rathmalyaya Maternity Clinic (1 km away from RLV)
The issue-
Puttalam Regional Office of NPDS for IDPs Project of HRCSL received a complaint from six
Vavuniya there are 4 MOH areas namely, Vavuniya, Vavuniya South,
Vavuniya North and Cheddikulam and it was reported that though there
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were 19 PHM vacant positions in the district as at July 2007 and it has
been cured now. Only 4 PHM vacancies are prevailing as at 31st
December 2007 in Vavuniya. However numbers of MOH and PHI
vacancies have been increased at the end of 2007. Analyzing the data, it
was found out that though the number of vacancies has been reduced,
irregularities are existing in allocating man power to different MOH
areas. Because all PHM vacancies of the district are reported from
Vavuniya North MOH area (4 vacancies) and no MOH and no PHI was
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assigned in that MOH area at the end of 2007 .
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See theAnnexure III.
See theAnnexure IV
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