In order to improve the health of the people living in the North Central Province and ensure health security, projects aimed at implementing awareness programs, practical training, workshops, etc. at the Grama Niladhari Division level covering all Divisional Secretariat Divisions through Ayurvedic Community Health Medical Officers, providing the necessary infrastructure to bring about positive changes in lifestyle in accordance with Ayurvedic principles to improve the quality of life, and implementing necessary health facilities and health consultation services for the people who have difficulty in accessing health facilities are being implemented under this.
These programs are being implemented under seven zones covering 29 Divisional Secretariat Divisions.
Vision
A healthy Province
Mission
To promote the Ayurvedic knowledge of the people for a healthy, happy and long-lived society and to restore the Ayurvedic philosophy of life in the lives of the people through targeted activities.
Objectives
- Creating a healthy individual by expanding public knowledge about safe, nutritious diets through Ayurvedic principles linked to nutrition
- To promote a lifestyle that enhances natural immunity based on Ayurvedic philosophy to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, especially kidney disease, and infectious diseases.
- Ayurvedic counseling for developing cooperation within the family unit and a peaceful family institution.
- Contributing to a healthy elderly generation in society by implementing promotional programs aimed at the physical and mental well-being of senior citizens.
- Promoting public knowledge about the correct use of herbal medicines and medicinal cultivation.
- Identifying, developing and regulating authentic traditional medical knowledge.
- Development of personal attitudes towards the Ayurvedic system of medicine.
Special Objectives
By 2025, reduce the number of patients seeking treatment for non-communicable and communicable diseases by 50% by popularizing Ayurvedic knowledge in society.
By 2025, the country will be endowed with a healthy generation that can face future health challenges with strength by popularizing Ayurvedic knowledge among the society.
