Mr.I.D. Danasiri - Out Reach Community Mental Health Coordinating Officer

Mr.Danasiri has joined Sahanaya, National Council for Mental Health  in the year 2005 and served as Coordinator, District Resource Centre , Kalutara. He also has served as the Administrative Officer, Sahanaya Resource Centre, Gorakana.

Mr.Danasiri accounts for 36 years experience  in health affairs having servedthe Health Department as a Public Health Inspector, Supervising Public Health Inspector and Tutor Public Health at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara. He has been a Lecturer in  Public Health and also a Visiting Lecturer at the  Regional Training Centres in Galle, Kadugannawa and Kurunegala where the Public Health Inspectors are trained.

After retirement  he has served  as the National Coordinator of the School Health Clubs Programme funded by UNICEF and also as the Water and Sanitation Project Coordinator,   sponsored  by  Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, in Galle District.

Mr.Danasiri has followed the Public Health Inspector Training Course, (1962/63) and has obtained the Certificate of Diploma for Public Health from the Royal Society of  Health, England. In addition, he has had training in Community Health Management, Health Systems Research Methodology, Occupational Health, Educational Science. He has followed Master Trainer Programme in Mental Health and Psychosocial care, under the Child & Family Resilience Project conducted by Israel Psychologists and Psychiatrists at Sahanaya Institute of Mental Health, Gorakana, Panadura.

He also has followed  a Family Planning Training Programme in Napal in 1990, Nutrition Training in Indonesia and Primary Health Care training in Thailand in 1993.

Mr.Danasiri’s excellent communication and PR skills  have contributed to facilitate the efficient conduct of the Outreach Community Mental Health Care Programme, to which the management has given priority. He is an important component  of this initiative.