A-PAD Board Emergency Meeting on Regional Partnerships in Fighting the Pandemic
An emergency board meeting was called for by A-PAD regional members in order to call for immediate action to contain the Corona virus and also respond to proactively than the current trend of being reactive. In doing so, the member country heads unveiled
#StopTheSpread – Community Awareness Campaign to Contain Spread of Corona Virus
The spread of COVID’19 in Sri Lanka saw a turning point in Sri Lanka when the number of inland transmitting patients saw a rapid increase within the first week of March 2020, due to the lack of self-awareness / resources available at hand.
A-PAD SL Outreach to Wuhan, China Amidst COVID’19 Outbreak
The 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019. With rapid spread of the virus in China, the resources needed to contain the virus became limited and then scarce. A vital preventive equipment of face masks going
Coronavirus – Local and Global Reading Material
The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health has released literature and reference material related to the Covid-19 epidemic/ Coronavirus and can be accessed via the following link. http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228&lang=en
Search and Rescue 2020 Series
APAD – SL in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, successfully completed the 2020 Swift Water Rescue Training program in Kithulgala. Under the supervision of Japanese and Taiwanese expert instructors from the International Rescue Instructors Association, 50 participants from various