Mr.I.D. Danasiri - Coordinator - Department of Information & Training

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 served the 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 Centers 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 Program 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, and Educational Science. He has followed Master Trainer Program 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 Program in Nepal 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 Program, to which the management has given priority. He is an important component of this initiative.