Preamble
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the major cardiac arrhythmia which is one of the major risk factors for stroke and cardiac arrest. Highest numbers of deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases especially among the middle-aged men who are the main workforce of the country. Understanding the burden, risk factors and management issues and develop the effective monitoring and management pathways will help to reduce the morbidity and the mortality.
Sri Lanka, a country that sustained decades of conflict and is rapidly rebuilding its health systems has an unmet need to improve awareness and detection of AF and integrate management approaches for AF. Estimating the prevalence of AF in the Northern Province could be the first step to calculate the AF disease related burden in Sri Lanka.
A significant milestone reached in community based household survey
Data collection to identify the prevalence and associated risk factors (theme I) was formally initiated on 25th June 2020 and is now successfully going on for over 14 weeks. Thus the Sri Lankan AF Data Collection team has completed 30 percentage of the data collection and has reached a milestone. We are happy to say that most of the households in Northern Province are welcoming this study and giving their full support. The data collection is expected to finish by July 2021.
Pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Chavakachcheri Divisional Secretariat(DS) division
A pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Chavakachcheri DS division was held at the DS office. All Grama Niladhari(GN), samurdhi officers and divisional secretary of the Chavakachcheri division participated in the meeting. Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) team, quality coordinators & logistics and finance coordinator joined the meeting and explained about AF project and got their support.
30 November 2020
Pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Chankanai Divisional Secretariat(DS) division
A pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Chankanai DS division was held at the DS office. All Grama Niladhari(GN), samurdhi officers and divisional secretary of the Chankanai division participated in the meeting. Dr. Shribavan & logistics and finance coordinator joined the meeting and explained about AF project and got their support.
16 November 2020
Sri Lanka College of Cardiology 20th annual academic sessions
20 October 2020 & 21 October 2020
Pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Sandilipay Divisional Secretariat(DS) division
A pre-data collection stakeholder meeting for Sandilipay DS division was held at the conference hall. All Grama Niladhari(GN), samurdhi officers and divisional secretary of the Sandilipay division participated in the meeting. Dr. Shribavan & data collectors joined the meeting and explained about AF project and got their support.
23 September 2020
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Tweets @ Global AF Reach Sri Lanka
Prof Gregory Lip talks about helping to define #AF care in Sri Lanka, China and Brazil. Video here:
Read MoreOur dedicated community engagement and involvement team is doing a great job through #CEI program, having discussions with community members on topics such as lifestyle improvements.👏
Read More#HealthcarePioneer report 2021: Showcasing best practice in AF. The Global #AF Reach research is featured on page 10 #GAFAW2020 https://t.co/o1axrmJY9t
Read MoreThe Sri Lankan #AF Data Collection team has completed 30% of the data collection and has reached a #milestone. Many #thanks from the bottom of our hearts to the data collection team and the households for your full #support.👏
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Department of Community & Family Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Jaffna,
Sri Lanka.
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afsl@univ.jfn.ac.lk
