OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES (RDHS)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe the role of the RDHS in providing health care services in the district
- Describe the role of the MO-MCH in providing family health services in the district
- Describe the role of Regional Epidemiologist in the control of communicable diseases in the district
- List the public health staff at regional level and describe their roles and responsibilities
- Describe the process of an investigation of a maternal death
- Describe measures taken in the district regarding emergency preparedness and rapid response
- Describe and discuss district level public health reviews
- Discuss the process of prioritization of health problems at district level.
Content areas
- Responsibilities of the RDHS
- Organisation of health care services in a district
- Decentralised health institutions under the provincial health services
- Planning health care services using regional data
- Duties of the MO-MCH
- Duties of the RE
- Supportive public health staff at regional level
- Investigation of a maternal death in a district
- Managing epidemics at district levels
- District level public health reviews
- Prioritizing health problems in an area
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Duty lists of MO(MCH) and RE
- Family Health Bureau, Overview of Maternal Mortality in Sri Lanka, 2010, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.