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Samanthi Bandara

  
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Samanthi Bandara is currently a Research Officer in the Health Economics Policy Unit at the IPS. Prior to joining the IPS in 2011, she worked at the Ministry of Health, initially as a Research Assistant of the World Health Survey and National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health in Sri Lanka, and later as a Development Assistant of the Management Development and Planning Unit. Her research interests are in the areas of economic evaluation, health systems financing and impact assessment of health policies/interventions.

Samanthi Bandara has obtained a BA (Hons.) in Economics with a special module of Health Economics from the University of Colombo and MSc in Health Economics from the Centre for Health Economics, University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand.

Publications

  • Gunasekara V., Perera H.S.R., Bandara G.V.S.D., 2010, “Effects on the Economics of Health Among Sri Lankan Families Dependent on Migrant Labor Income, Consequent to the Global Economic Downturn and its Effects on Foreign Labour, Annual Scientific Session: Sri Lanka Medical Administrators Association, 2010.

Presentations

In Search of a New Model for Rationalizing Primary Health Care System in Sri Lanka – Cost-analysis of a Primary Health Care Unit
“8th World Congress on Health Economics 2011”
Toronto, Canada
10 – 13 July, 2011 (forthcoming)

Cost Analysis of ‘Samadigama’ Primary Health Care Unit in Sri Lanka
“The 10th South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association 2010”
Colombo, Sri Lanka
23-26 May, 2010

Cost Analysis of ‘Samadigama’ Primary Health Care Unit in Sri Lanka
“Annual Academic Conference on Graduate Thesis Presentation in Economics 2009”
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand,
21 May, 2009.


Training

The 10th South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association
Colombo, Sri Lanka
23 – 26 May, 2010.

Strategic Purchasing for Social Protection
Center for Health Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
30 November – 4 December, 2009

Symposium on Strategic Route Map (SRM): Primary Health Care Innovation in WHO/SEARO
Colombo, Sri Lanka
12 –13 August, 2009.

Multi-Country Activity and Study Tour: Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Strategic Route Map Within the Context of Revitalizing Primary Health Care
Bangkok, Thailand
12-15 May, 2009.

Project Proposal Writing
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration, Sri Lanka
15–19 October, 2007.

Productivity and Customer Care
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration, Sri Lanka
29 October – 02 November 2007.

The 18th Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) International Conference & Annual Meeting
Colombo, Sri Lanka
10 -12 November, 2003

The 20th Conference on International Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations Against Drug Abuse (IFNGO)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
11 – 15 August, 2003.