Dr Anoja Dheerasinghe

Dr Anoja Dheerasinghe is a Medical Specialist in Public Health (Consultant Community Physician) at the National Dengue Control Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.

She received her MBBS from the University of Kelaniya and her Masters and Doctor of Medicine in Community Medicine from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Later, she obtained her Master's in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology from the Open University of Sri Lanka.

Dr Dheerasinghe is also a member of the Technical Advisory Group for Dengue Prevention and Control in Sri Lanka. Before her current position, she worked as a Consultant Epidemiologist in the Epidemiology Unit in the Western Province, Sri Lanka, where she managed all communicable diseases, including vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, and filariasis. She also served as a medical doctor for the Anti-Malaria Campaign at the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka during the pre-elimination phase.

With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in Neglected Tropical Diseases and malaria.