2023
Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka
Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Wickramasinghe A, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Nimesha D, Dilshani T, Senadheera S, Agampodi S. Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka. BMJ Global Health 2023, 8: e012852. PMID: 37748792, PMCID: PMC10533714, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleMental health screeningMental health problemsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyHealth screeningClinical InterviewHealth problemsPregnancy care programsRoutine maternal careTertiary care hospitalMental health service provisionPrimary healthcare levelHigher EPDS scoresPostnatal Depression ScaleWeeks of periodPregnancy-associated conditionsMental health gapPatient-centered careHealth service provisionHealth surveillance systemsCare hospitalMiddle-income countriesPregnant women
2022
Neglecting the neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka
Warnasekara J, Agampodi S. Neglecting the neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. Epidemiology And Health 2022, 44: e2022015. PMID: 35038829, PMCID: PMC9117097, DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2022015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPublic health surveillance systemsCases of leptospirosisControl of leptospirosisDisease 2019 pandemicHealth surveillance systemsGlobal health systemLarge outbreakInfectious diseasesHealth systemLeptospirosisTransmission dynamicsSurveillance systemPandemicSurveillanceSri LankaDisease
2014
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: a missing endemic district in the leishmaniasis surveillance system
Semage SN, Pathirana KP, Agampodi SB. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: a missing endemic district in the leishmaniasis surveillance system. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2014, 25: 53-55. PMID: 24858902, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous leishmaniasisArmed Forces personnelCumulative annual incidencePublic health surveillance systemsNational surveillance systemSurveillance systemPublic health threatHealth surveillance systemsTime of investigationSri Lanka ArmyAnnual incidenceEndemic districtsEpidemic proportionsReported casesArmy populationLeishmaniasisHealth threatIncidenceDisease surveillanceControl activitiesUrgent attentionSri LankaLesionsMullaitivu