We work towards improving the health systems and social policies in Sri Lanka and the wider region.

The Institute for Health Policy

The Institute for Health Policy is an independent research institution, and a regional centre of excellence for health policy research, working on its own, in partnerships and with sponsors, to improve health and social systems in Sri Lanka and the wider region, by supporting, encouraging and informing policy change, through quality research, analysis and training. Read more

IHP carries out research across a wide range of areas, ranging from ageing and population to social protection and pensions. To browse by research area, Click here

Highlights

The response of Sri Lanka's health system to the COVID-19 pandemic

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 07:00

A full-day workshop was held on 4 April 2023 to present and discuss findings from the Johns Hopkins/IHP Exemplar study on the response of Sri Lanka’s health system to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was attended by a range of key stakeholders in the C...

Public education session for World Glaucoma Week: Advancing AI in Glaucoma Care.

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:00

On March 11,2025, the Eye Care Center (ECC) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, in collaboration with the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), hosted a public education session on World Glaucoma Week. The session was attended by the Dean...

Capturing retinal image using a hand-held digital retinal camera

UNICEF Bangladesh-Sri Lanka study tour: Sharing insights on Sri Lanka’s primary healthcare system, Monday, December 16th – Friday, December 20th, 2024

Mon, 01/20/2025 - 07:00

A study tour, supported by UNICEF Bangladesh and coordinated by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), Sri Lanka, was conducted to enhance the technical capacity of Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW). The tour focused on learn...

UNICEF Bangladesh Inaugural Session Group photo_1.jpg

Successful Launch of Diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy (Diagnose-DR) Pilot Study at Eye Care Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:00

The first clinic of the Diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy (Diagnose-DR) Pilot Study, was successfully conducted at the Eye Care Center (ECC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. The event marked a significant milestone in the overall Diagno...

Study team for the first clinic of the pilot study

News

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) 1st Conference

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 07:00

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) 1st Conference was held on the 23rd of June 2023, at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. Many guests and participants from a wide range of institutions and fields attended this full-day conference, including f...

Sharing EIR experiences to strengthen immunisation programming for the future

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:00

From July 23-25, Ministry of Health delegations from Bhutan, Indonesia, Guyana, Uzbekistan, Vietnam gathered in Indonesia for a Linked Immunisation Action Network (Linked) meeting organised by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) with logistical sup...

Linked Immunisation Action Network

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:00

The Linked Immunization Action Network (Linked) is a collaborative learning network for middle-income countries that is supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Linked is a component of Gavi’s strategic approach to engaging with middle-income count...

The Sri Lankan Experience of Effective Management and Supportive Supervision of Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) Delivery: A Linked Study Tour

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:00

The Linked Immunisation Action Network (Linked) successfully hosted a study tour in Sri Lanka in June 2023 with participants from the Indonesia and Vietnam Ministries of Health. Led by the Institute for Health Policy (IHP), the main objective of the ...

UNICEF Bangladesh-Sri Lanka study tour: Sharing insights on Sri Lanka’s primary healthcare system, Monday, December 16th – Friday, December 20th, 2024

Mon, 01/20/2025 - 07:00

Successful Launch of Diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy (Diagnose-DR) Pilot Study at Eye Care Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:00

The response of Sri Lanka's health system to the COVID-19 pandemic

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 07:00

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) 1st Conference

Fri, 12/01/2023 - 07:00

Discover Our Research

We conduct research and analysis across a wide range of health and social policy issues, both in Sri Lanka and globally. We cover a wide range of cross-cutting themes. This section compiles and groups our work by key research areas. You may also view our research by country or search our research projects database. At IHP, we are committed to sharing our research findings widely as a public service.

Sri Lanka Health and Ageing ...

The Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study (SLHAS) is the first longitudinal nationally representative study of health and ageing in Sri Lankan adults. This study of 6,665 adults in every district of Sri Lanka, aims to track ageing, changes in health and determinants of health in older adults, and link h...

Sri Lanka Health Accounts (S...

Regular tracking and reporting of health expenditure flows is vital to understand and monitor Sri Lanka’s health system. IHP team has been conducting a regular review of health expenditures in Sri Lanka as input into the Sri Lanka Health Accounts (SLHA). The SLHA estimates provide a regular overview...

Survey of Co-operative and P...

The Institute for Health Policy (IHP) conducts this survey in order to improve the availability of statistics on the contribution of private hospitals to the health services of Sri Lanka. You can download an Excel version of the questionnaire here and send it to us by email on or before 15 Februa...

SLOTS - platform to survey c...

SLOTS polls a high quality, nationally representative panel of people every day. It provides a flexible, low-cost platform to survey topical issues with rapid turnaround, and MRP available for analysis. 

SLOTS Updates

IHP's Sri Lanka #ConsumerSentiment Index continued to decline thru June, falling 4 pts to 2, reaching its lowest level since we started tracking in Sept '21..IHP is an independent, non-partisan research centre based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The SLOTS lead investigator is Dr Ravi Rannan-Eliya of IHP, w...

Sri Lanka Health and Ageing ...

Sri Lanka Health Accounts (S...

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Training

A core part of the mission of the Institute for Health Policy is to strengthen capacity in health systems and health systems...

Publications

We strongly believe that our research is a public good hence we are committed to the wide dissemination of our research.