Awarding the World Health Organisation's South East Asia regional Excellence in Public Health, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of WHO mentioned this prestigious award is presented to President Maithripala Sirisena for his exceptional contributions strengthening the Health services in Sri Lanka specially in Tobacco control, drugs regulation, health of migrants and control of kidney disease.

This Award of Excellence was presented at a function held at th President's House in Colombo last evening (05).

Concurrently, WHO's 69th Session of the Regional Committee for South East Asia is held in Colombo. The event was attended by delegates from 14 countries. Ministers of Health from the member countries region, including the Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne as well as WHO Regional Director of WHO Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh were present at the function.

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