Abstract:
The investigator designed a package of intervention from his previous work on
notifications.The intervention had eight components and was implemented for six months in
Matara district which was the experimental area.Result of the intervention were compared
with the situation in Rathnapura District which was the control area and also with a similar
period before the intervention in the experimental area.It was observed that the number
notified from wards in hospitals had increased after the intervention,from 24.1 per cent to
78.8 per cent in the experimental area compared to 15.02 per cent and 16.5 per cent
respectively for the two periods in the control area.Investigation of notifications by public
health inspectors(PHI) have also increased from 48.9 per cent to 77.4 per cent in the
experimental area as a result of the intervention.In the control area it has decreased from
63.6 per cent to 61.5 per cent for the same period.Both medical officers,public health
inspectors have improved their knowledge after the intervention.As the intervention is very
effective simple,flexible and low cost system which should be implemented in the country
to achieve goals in communicable disease control.
