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District Information Kandy
PDHS area Central
DPDHS area Kandy
Land area 1,917 Sq Km
Population 1,452,000(year 2017)

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Institution Contact Details
STD Clinic - Kandy Dr. Anuradha Perera (Actg. Venereologist)
Dr. M.R.B.G.S.K Damayanthi (Medical Officer)
STD Clinic, P.O. Box 207, Kandy.
+94 812 203 622
+94 812 203 622
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{slider 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 32 5
Cumulative Number of HIV cases Reported from the district 271 5

 

{slider 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 5 12 1 18 0 0 2 0 2
1.2 Late syphilis 0 2 18 1 21 0 1 5 1 7
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 2 13 5 20 0 0 0 0 0
1.6 Ophthalmia neonatorum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.7 NGU/NGC 0 2 9 1 12 1 10 83 14 108
1.8 Chlamydia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1.9 Genital herpes 0 10 32 10 52 3 16 70 21 110
1.1 Genital warts 0 4 41 17 62 0 7 52 6 65
1.11 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1.12 Trichomoniasis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1.13 Candidiasis 0 2 33 19 54 2 12 55 11 80
1.14 Bacterial vaginosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 2 32
1.15 Other STIs 0 9 2 4 15 0 0 3 1 4
1.16 TOTAL STI 0 36 160 58 254 6 50 299 56 411
1.17 Non STI/Uncertain 7 84 197 102 390 22 78 144 31 275
1.18 No illness 5 24 69 13 111 10 45 72 24 151
1.19 GRAND TOTAL 12 144 426 173 755 38 173 515 111 837

* 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.

 

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

  Estimated Number Range
Female Sex Workers (On a peak day) 2258  
High Risk MSM 2657  
MSW 393 - 
TGW 142  
Injecting Drug Users 15 - 
Beach boys NA - 

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