Institute for Health Policy

Nursing Graduates Wanted!

Join the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) as a Field Investigator for national surveys and gain hands-on research experience, work in a multidisciplinary team, and build your professional skills.

Who can apply: BSc in Nursing. Medical graduates are also welcome.

Applicants from across Sri Lanka are encouraged to apply.
Fluency in Sinhala, Tamil, or both is preferred.

📅 Deadline: 3rd April 2026
📧 Send your CV and cover letter to: [email protected]

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT !!!!

Are you a Health care professional looking for an opportunity to expand your research skills and network?

Grab the opportunity to upgrade your research skills in Public Health and Expand your connections beyond borders
The Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) is an international network of universities that conducts the annual Lugano Summer School, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and graduate students for high-quality training in public health, policy, economics, and management.

In 2026, the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) will host the Colombo Hub, where participants will join live sessions at Lugano.

📚 Courses at IHP, Colombo 2 (12.30 PM - 8.30 PM):

1️⃣ Making Sense of the Evidence (17-19 Aug 2026)
🔗 https://www.ssph-lugano-summerschool.ch/courses/evidence-synthesis

2️⃣ Hot Topics in NCDs & Health Systems (20-22 Aug 2026)
🔗 https://www.ssph-lugano-summerschool.ch/courses/ncds-and-health-systems

🎓 6 Hub Scholarships available (3 per course)
🗓 Application deadline: 1st of March 2026

Please see the attached flyer/QR code for guidelines and application details.

We're Hiring: Field Investigators!

Join the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) for national surveys and gain hands-on research experience.

Open to MBBS, BSc Nursing, Psychology, Health Promotion, Human Biology, or other health-related fields.

Fluency in Sinhala, Tamil, or both preferred.

Apply by 28th Feb 2026 → [email protected]

We are pleased to announce that IHP will be joining the SSPH+ Summer School in Public Health Policy, Economics and Management in Lugano as a hub, alongside partner hubs in Moldova, Nepal, Pakistan, and Zambia. The SSPH+ Summer School brings together practitioners, researchers and graduate students for a unique global learning experience focussed on public health impact.

IHP will be hosting the following courses from the SSPH+ Lugano Summer School, at its premises in Colombo 2, where students will join remotely with counterparts in Lugano for a fully immersive experience in health policy, economics and management.

🗒️ Making sense of the evidence to inform programmes, policies, and practice (17–19 August 2026) (link): 12.30 PM - 8.30 PM
🗒️ Current hot topics in noncommunicable diseases and health systems (20–22 August 2026) (link): 12.30 PM - 8.30 PM

There are six hub scholarships available (3 for each course) to participate in the Colombo, Sri Lanka hub. You may apply for only one scholarship.

For more information visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dd_E89C8DV-tnex4yEpJDjfrP6ltFgO6/view
To apply for a scholarship, visit: https://usi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9YWSuPJbZrtDwcS
(deadline 1 March 2026).
Please read the guidelines on that page. Select Hub Scholarship and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

We're looking for an experienced Research Officer to join our team. If you are a mid or senior-level researcher with expertise and interest in health statistics and health economics, apply now!
The deadline for applications is 10 January 2025.
For more details: https://ihp.lk/about/careers-at-IHP

Apply now!
We're looking for a program manager to join our team. The ideal candidate has experience in peer learning, global health or development work, and strong project management skills.
If you are interested in joining the IHP team, please apply by 10 January 2025.
For more details: https://ihp.lk/about/careers-at-IHP

📊 Optimism about Sri Lanka’s direction reaches 25% in November

According to SLOTS polling in November:
✔️ 25% of Sri Lankans believed the country was heading in the right direction.
✔️ 16% remained uncertain about its trajectory.

While public optimism briefly surged after the Presidential Election, it has since subsided. However, sentiment remained more positive than before the election.

A global IPSOS poll of 29 countries shows Sri Lanka’s public sentiment ranked below the global average for optimism, reflecting cautious but improving public views.

For a more detailed breakdown of the findings and methodology, read the full report here: https://ow.ly/7ghY50UqtzM

📊 Income inequality: a key concern for Sri Lankans

President Dissanayake's mention of equitable wealth distribution in his 21 November speech aligns with public sentiment

• 96% of Sri Lankans saw the income gap between the rich and poor as a “big problem.”
• This view cuts across all demographics, including age, gender, ethnicity, and income. However, SLOTS data shows Ranil Wickremesinghe voters were less likely to see it as a problem, while AKD voters were more concerned than Sajith Premadasa supporters.
• 92% believed the income gap has widened in the past 10 years, with 94% considering this a negative trend.
• Two-thirds (65%) thought the government should do “a lot more” to reduce inequality, while only 10% believed no action is needed.

For a more detailed breakdown of the findings and methodology, read the full report here: https://ow.ly/JpVX50UjMv3

📊 ආදායම් පරතරය: ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් සැලකිලිමත් වන ප්‍රධාන කරුණක්

නොවැම්බර් 21 දා සිදුකළ කතාවේ දී ධනය සාධාරණව බෙදී යෑම පිළිබඳව ජනාධිපති දිසානායක සිදුකළ ප්‍රකාශය මහජන මතය සමග සමපාත වේ.

• ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින්ගෙන් 96%ක් දුප්පතුන් හා ධනවතුන් අතර ආදායම් පරතරය "විශාල ප්‍රශ්නයක්" ලෙස දැක තිබේ.
• මෙම මතය වයස, ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ භාවය, වාර්ගිකත්වය සහ ආදායම ඇතුළුව සියලුම ජනවිකාස හරහා පැතිර තිබේ. කෙසේ වෙතත්, රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ඡන්දදායකයින් එය ගැටලුවක් ලෙස දැකීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ අඩුබවත්, සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාසගේ ආධාරකරුවන්ට වඩා AKD ඡන්දදායකයින් මේ පරතරය ගැන සැලකිලිමත් වන බවත් SLOTS දත්ත පෙන්වා දෙයි.
• පසුගිය වසර 10 තුළ ආදායම් පරතරය පුළුල් වී ඇති බව 92%ක් දෙනා විශ්වාස කරන අතර, 94%ක් මෙය සෘණාත්මක ප්‍රවණතාවක් ලෙස සලකති.
• ජනතාවගෙන් තුනෙන් දෙකක් (65%) රජය මෙම පරතරය අඩු කිරීම සඳහා “තවත් ගොඩක් දේ” කළ යුතුයැ යි සිතූ අතර, එවැනි ක්‍රියාමාර්ගයක් අවශ්‍ය නොවනබව විශ්වාසකර තිබුණේ 10%ක් පමණි.

ඔබට මෙම සමීක්ෂණයේ සොයාගැනීම් සහ ක්‍රමවේදය පිළිබඳ වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය නම්, සම්පූර්ණ වාර්තාව මෙතැනින් කියවන්න: https://ow.ly/yJjX50UjMwc

📊 வருமான ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு: இலங்கை மக்களுக்கு ஒரு முக்கிய பிரச்சனை

ஜனாதிபதி திஸாநாயக்க நவம்பர் 21 ம் திகதி பாராளுமன்ற உரையில் நியாயமான செல்வப் பகிர்வைப்பற்றி கூறியது பொது மக்களின் உணர்வுடன் ஒத்துப்போகிறது.

• 96% சத வீத இலங்கையர்கள் பணக்காரர்களுக்கும் ஏழைகளுக்கும் இடையிலான வருமான இடைவெளியை பாரிய பிரச்சனையாக பார்க்கின்றார்கள்.
• வயது பாலினம், இனம் மற்றும் வருமான நிலை உட்பட அனைத்து மக்கள்தொகை குழுக்களிலும் இந்த கருத்து உள்ளது. ஆனால் SLOTS தரவுகள் ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்கவின் வாக்காளர்கள் வருமான இடைவெளியை ஒரு பிரச்சினையாகப் பார்க்கும் வாய்ப்புகள் குறைவு எனவும், ஏகேடி(AKD) அவர்களின் வாக்காளர்கள் சஜித் பிரேமதாசவின் ஆதரவாளர்களைவிட அதிக அக்கறை காட்டுகிறார்கள் என்றும் காட்டுகின்றன.
• 92% சத வீதமானோர் கடந்த 10 ஆண்டுகளில் வருமான இடைவெளி அதிகரித்துள்ளதாக நம்புகின்றனர். 94% சதவீதமானோர் அதை எதிர்மறையான போக்கு என கருதினர்.
• மூன்றில் இரண்டு பங்கு(65%) சதவிதமானவர்கள் ஏற்றத்தாழ்வினைக் குறைக்க அரசாங்கம் "இன்னும் நிறைய" செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று நினைக்கிறார்கள். ஆனால் 10% சதவீதமான மக்கல் மட்டுமே எந்த நடவடிக்கையும் தேவையில்லை என்று நம்புகிறார்கள்.

கண்டுபிடிப்புகள் மற்றும் முறையின் விரிவான விளக்கத்திற்கு, முழு அறிக்கையையும் இங்கே படிக்கவும்: https://ow.ly/KCHT50UjMxs

📊 Sri Lanka Consumer Confidence Reaches Highest Levels Since 2022

In October 2024, consumer confidence continued to improve, hitting its highest levels since the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) started tracking it in 2022. However, all three IHP SLOT indices remain pessimistic (

📊 ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාරිභෝගික විශ්වාසය 2022 සිට වාර්තා වූ ඉහළම මට්ටමට එළැඹෙයි

2024 ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේ දී පාරිභෝගික විශ්වාසය අඛණ්ඩව වැඩිදියුණු වූ අතර, 2022 දී ශ්‍රී ලංකා මත විමසුම් සමීක්ෂණය (SLOTS) විසින් එය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීම ඇරඹුණු දා සිට ළඟාවූ ඉහළම මට්ටමට එළැඹිණි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, IHP SLOT දර්ශක තුනම අසුබවාදී මට්ටමක (