Main Objectives & Priorities

Our ObjectivesThe Main Objectives

  1. Establishment and empowerment of a network of Ayurveda treatment in the province, which the people can trust and be contented with.
  2. Widening of the Ayurveda community medicine service aimed at developing personal attitudes of individuals based on the excellence of indigenous medicine.
  3. Modifying the future expectations of the traditional Ayurveda practitioners while conserving the native and traditional knowledge in medicine.
  4. Developing the medicinal plants resources within the province and strengthening the   mechanism for production of required drugs within the province using such resources.
  5. Encouraging relevant parties for research and development in Ayurveda drugs bringing out the distinctiveness of indigenous medicine and also to meet the needs of the modern world.
  6. Encouraging small and medium scale entrepreneurship based on indigenous medicine in the province while identifying and developing such projects which are economically beneficial.

 



Priority Trust Areas of Provincial Department of AyurvedaUplifting quality of curative care in Ayurveda

  • Promoting preventive care service
  • Ayurveda and Indigenous medical research and development
  • Preserving Traditional Ayurveda knowledge
  • Development and marketing of standardized Ayurveda drugs
  • Entrepreneurship in traditional medicine.

 


 

Curative care service

  • Production and distribution of medicine with quality control
  • Upgrading the Provincial drug manufacturing unit using new technical methods distribution of semi-automatic machinery
  • Introducing quality control methods    - GMP/ISO/HACCP
  • Regulating storing and distribution of medicines

 


 

Disease prevention service

  • Development of infrastructure
  • Establishment of District Community Medical coordinating offices and divisional offices
  • Human resource management and development
  • Strengthening the legal framework
  • Development of management information system
  • Improving public participation

 


 

Ayurveda research and development

  • Improving infrastructure
  • Encouraging research
  • Establishment of a research unit
  • Commencement of publications and publish research articles

 


 

Traditional medical practices

  • Documentation of traditional knowledge
  • Promotion of traditional medical methods
  • Uplifting the economic condition of those who engaged in traditional medical professions

 


 

Production and sale of Ayurveda medicine

  • Development of infrastructure, technology and human resources
  • Improving the quality and efficiency of production of medicines
  • Expansion of market for indigenous medicine
  • Introducing entrepreneurship to small and medium scale entrepreneurs with regard to Indigenous medicine
  • Expansion and cultivation of medicinal herbs
  • Cultivation of medicinal herbs for farmers

 


 

Capacity Development and good governance

  • Capacity building of staff
  • Capacity building of stakeholders of Ayurveda
  • Creation of professional trainings and courses
  • Introducing systematic regulatory systems

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Organization Structure

Sections & Units of the Department

Preventive Care

Department of Education We are actively developing preventive care methodologies and techniques as Preventive Care directly influences the public well-being

Curative Care

cooperative Development and cooperative employee commission We provide high quality curative care services to children, adults and seniors in Central Province who suffer from curable diseases

Drug Production

housing_construction services We produce most of the Ayurvedic drugs we use in our Hospitals and Central Dispensaries to ensure the quality and the potency of them

Our Address

Reach us The Department of Ayurveda
Pallekele
Kundasale 20168
Sri Lanka
+94 812 423932