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Kurunegala District Information on HIV & STIs

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Kurunegala District Information on HIV & STIs

General Information of the District

General Information of the District

District Information Kurunegala
PDHS area North Western
DPDHS area Kurunegala
Land area 4,624 Sq Km
Population 1,645,000 (year 2012)
Government Service Providers for STI/HIV (STD clinics)

Government Service Providers for STI/HIV (STD clinics)

Institution Contact Details
STD Clinic - Kurunegala Dr. C. Hathurusinghe (Venereologist)
Dr. Nihal Edirisinghe (Medical Officer)
STD Clinic, Teaching Hospital, Kurunegala.
+94 372 224 339
+94 372 224 339
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STD Clinic - Kuliyapitiya Dr. Krishanthi Ubesekara (Venereologist)
STD clinic, Teaching Hospital, Kuliyapitiya.
+94 372 281 261
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Reported Total HIV data from the District during 2023 (Source: HIV case reporting system of NSACP)

Reported Total HIV data from the District during 2023 (Source: HIV case reporting system of NSACP)

Statistic Number % of total for Sri lanka
Number of HIV cases reported for the year 44 6
Cumulative Number of HIV cases Reported from the district 303 5

 

Reported Total STIs data from the STD clinics in the District-Year 2023 (Source: Quarterly STD Return)

Reported Total STIs data from the STD clinics in the District-Year 2023 (Source: Quarterly STD Return)

Disease Male <15 year Male 15-24 year Male 25-49 year Male 50+ year Total Female <15 year Female 15-24 year Female 25-49 year Female 50+ year Total
1.1 Infectious syphilis 0 3 5 1 9 0 0 2 1 3
1.2 Late syphilis 0 7 21 3 31 0 0 9 3 12
1.3 Early Congenital Syphilis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.4 Late Congenital Syphilis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.5 Gonorrhoea and presumptive GC 0 6 23 1 30 0 1 6 0 7
1.6 Ophthalmia neonatorum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.7 NGU/NGC 0 14 30 1 45 0 25 155 26 206
1.8 Chlamydia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.9 Genital herpes 0 13 50 26 89 1 21 68 18 108
1.1 Genital warts 1 12 65 10 88 0 10 60 10 80
1.11 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.12 Trichomoniasis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5
1.13 Candidiasis 0 19 49 27 95 7 35 103 24 169
1.14 Bacterial vaginosis 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 52 9 73
1.15 Other STIs 0 13 45 9 67 2 9 29 7 47
1.16 TOTAL STI 1 87 288 78 454 13 112 486 99 710
1.17 Non STI/Uncertain 2 22 50 28 102 19 28 33 20 100
1.18 No illness 9 55 76 10 150 35 77 89 19 220
1.19 GRAND TOTAL 12 164 414 116 706 67 217 608 138 1030

* 1Within 2 years of infection, 2After 2 years of infection, 3Includes both early and late cases, 4Includes presumptive Gonorrhoea, 5Includes both gonococcal and chlamydial conjunctivitis in neonatal period, 6Include chlamydia, 7Includes Lympho granuloma venerium, Granuloma inguinalae, Molluscum contagiosum, Scabis, Hepatitis-B etc, 8Number of STD clinic attendees who were having non-STD illnesses.

 

Key Population estimated (Source: National Size estimation report - 2018)

Key Population estimated (Source: National Size estimation report - 2018)

  Estimated Number Range
Female Sex Workers (On a peak day) 1842  
High Risk MSM 3117  
MSW 461 - 
TGW 151  
Injecting Drug Users 18 - 
Beach boys NA - 

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  • Ministry of Health
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