{"id":1160,"date":"2026-09-16T09:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/?post_type=news_events&#038;p=1160"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:05:54","slug":"inauguration-of-the-who-collaborating-centre-for-training-and-research-on-dengue-case-management","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/news-events\/inauguration-of-the-who-collaborating-centre-for-training-and-research-on-dengue-case-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research on Dengue Case Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) marked a significant milestone with the inauguration of the <strong>World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Training and Research on Dengue Case Management<\/strong> on <strong>26 June 2026<\/strong>. The ceremony was held with the participation of <strong>Hon. Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, Minister of Health and Mass Media<\/strong>, senior officials of the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, representatives of the <strong>World Health Organization<\/strong>, healthcare professionals, researchers, and members of the mass media.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of this WHO Collaborating Centre at NIID strengthens the Institute\u2019s role in advancing <strong>training, research, knowledge sharing, and evidence-based dengue case management<\/strong>. The Centre will serve as a platform for capacity building and collaboration among healthcare professionals and institutions, contributing to improved dengue prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and patient care in Sri Lanka and beyond.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1161,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news-category":[32],"state":[],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-1160","news_events","type-news_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-professional-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_events"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niid.health.gov.lk\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}