Institute Details
Title of the institute:
The National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS)
Address:
National Institute of Health Sciences
P.O. Box: 28
Nagoda
Kalutara
City:
Kalutara
State:
Kalutara
Pincode:
12000
Country:
Sri Lanka
Phone:
+94 34 2222264
+94 34 2222001
Email:
NA
Website:
https://nihs.gov.lk/
About the Institute:
The National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) is the premier public health institute in Sri Lanka. The origin of the Institute dates back to 1st July, 1926, when the first health unit in the South East Asia was established in Kalutara. In 1966 the health unit was upgraded to the ‘Institute of Hygiene’, later in 1979 developed as the National Institute of Health Sciences. Development of Health manpower for Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes in Sri Lanka is the primary function of NIHS. Strength of NIHS in doing these programmes was due to the dedicated faculty staff and the availability of its’ own field practice area. In addition to the usual national level public health training, NIHS is catering to selected international training programmes specially targeting SARRC countries.
Vision:
The centre of excellence in training and development of public health staff in the South East Asia Region in the new Millennium
Mission:
Training and development of competent, independent and interdependent public health workforce for service delivery to gain MDG at National level
To conduct health research and research on human resource management and provide advocacy on health system research for the health workers.
