National Institute of Health Sciences - NIHS

Basic Training Programmes Public Health Inspectors’ Diploma Course Public Health Midwife Field (Part II) Training Diploma Programme in Medical Laboratory Technology Certificate of Proficiency as Pharmacist Certificate Course in Tuberculosis Assistants Post Basic Training Programmes Public Health Nursing Diploma Course Nursing Tutor (Public Health) Diploma Course In-service Training Orientation on Management of Community Health for MOH / RE / MO (MCH) / MO (PH) Pre Placement Training for Post Intern Medical Officers (AMOH) Supervising Public Health Inspectors’ Training Supervising Public Health Midwifes’ Training Training Programme on Research Methodology Teacher Training Programme Training Programme on Health Learning Material Production Educational Science Diploma Programme Training course on International Classification of Diseases – 10th Revision Training course on Medical Record and Health Information Management Community Health Training for Post Basic Nurses (Ward sisters and Tutor sisters) Training Programme on Supervision for PHNS and RSPHNO Management Training for Medical Officers In-charge of Primary Care Hospitals Management Training for Senior Paramedical Staff attached to Government Hospitals Training course in Community Health Management for Middle Level Managers Human Resource Management Training for Middle Level Managers Management Training Programme for Chief Pharmacists In-service Training Programme for Government Pharmacists In-service Training Programme for Dispensers In-service Training Programme in Laboratory Quality Management for Government Medical Laboratory Technologists In-service Training Programme for strengthening of skills of Government Medical Laboratory Technologists In-service Training Programme for Estate Medical Assistants Postgraduate Training Attachments Practical Orientation on Community Health for MSc (Community Medicine / Community Dentistry) MD (Community Medicine) Part II Training Attachment Training on Public Health for MSc (Biomedical Informatics) Training on Community Paediatrics for MD (Paediatrics) International Training Clinical Placement of Diploma in Primary Health Care for Maldivian PHC students Clinical Placement of Advanced Certificate in Primary Health Care for Maldivian PHC students Training course in International Classification of Diseases – 10th Revision Training course in Medical Record and Health Information Management Training Programme on Research Methodology Training Programme on Primary Health Care Management for Middle Level Health Officials Community Health Orientation for International Participants The National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) is the premier public health institute in Sri Lanka. The origin of the Institute dates back to 1st July, 1926, when the first health unit in the South East Asia was established in Kalutara. In 1966 the health unit was upgraded to the ‘Institute of Hygiene’, later in 1979 developed as the National Institute of Health Sciences.