Dileepa Ediriweera

Senior lecturer, @MedicineUoK, @hdsumed, @UKelaniya, @ntds
#health | #medicine | #GlobalHealth | #Rstats | Spatiotemporal epidemiology

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

Beyond mortality, envenoming leaves 825,000+ survivors with severe, permanent physical disabilities each year. Fine-scale spatial mapping is critical to optimising antivenom supply chains and helping meet WHO's 2030 targets.#Snakebite #SnakebiteEnvenoming

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

To solve this, we built a geostatistical framework combining 90 global data sources with climate metrics, species richness, and socioeconomic factors to correct for rural under-reporting. Result: Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 45% of global deaths.#Snakebite #SnakebiteEnvenoming

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

Official statistics historically missed millions of victims who rely on traditional care or cannot reach hospitals. Over 50% of endemic countries lack direct empirical surveillance, creating massive gaps in global health planning. #Snakebite #SnakebiteEnvenoming #NTD

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

Excited to share our new study in
@PLOSMedicine

Mapping the global burden of snake envenoming: at least 2.1M cases & 274k deaths occur annually worldwide. These numbers could be as high as 7M cases and 513k deaths. #Snakebite #SnakebiteEnvenoming #NTDs
https://t.co/V8ZronvVRI

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya @MedicineUoK]

Dr Pramodh Chitral Chandrasinghe of Department of Surgery has published an article in the Journal of Frontiers in Surgery.
https://t.co/esgEIu9hNc
#surgery #facultyofmedicine #universityofkelaniya

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya @MedicineUoK]

Dr Anuradha Baminiwatta of Department of Psychiatry has published an article titled "Validation of a Sinhalese version of the mindful attention awareness Scale." in the Journal of Asian Journal of Psychiatry.
https://t.co/HT66nMnDMT
#psychiatry #facultyofmedicine

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya @MedicineUoK]

Dr Padmapani Padeniya has published an article in the Journal of Frontiers in Pediatrics.
https://t.co/pYBRHwQAoI

[Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya @MedicineUoK]

Sterilization: A Solution for controlling Dengue https://t.co/JWEHCwrifS via @YouTube

[Olatunji Johnson @teejay21111]

Learning MBG is now made easy.

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka @ResearchGate: https://t.co/o7z5FvjmzF

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

‘Reassessment of the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka to enable a more focused control programme: a cross-sectional national school survey with spatial modelling’,

https://t.co/srPLQ74UtU

[Prasad Ranatunga @PRan]

#Robotics #AI #Surgery
https://t.co/aySYQbjGCL

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

My preprint is featured on the @ResearchGate #COVID19 community page. Read it here: https://t.co/rnEP0WuZkp

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODEL TO AID DECISION-MAKING FOR COVID-19 CONTROL IN SRI LANKA #COVID19 #Covid_19 #Corona #COVIDAPP
https://t.co/b03uAuIebi
https://t.co/5finVqu9Pw

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

@RingwaldBeate Thank you Beate.

[Praveen De Silva @mgpsdesilva]

Start of a week of digital health @DigiHealthCon @PRan

[Mashable @mashable]

These underwater lawnmowers are making rivers cleaner and healthier

[Kelaniya University @KelaniyaUni]

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Launches Two Mobile Apps for Cancer Care.
https://t.co/rTSoH8wZpr

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

@irenebyamukama Thank you @irenebyamukama

[Dileepa Ediriweera @edileepa]

Thank you.

[Wanjiku Kagima @wanjiku_kagima]

Congratulations Dileepa!!!
# higher snake bite burden with climate change https://t.co/lrc4mbJ8tm