A two day residential Training Workshop for Volunteer Health Assistants ( from Nuwara-Eliya and Batticaloa) was held under the purview of FPA Sri Lanka’s Outreach Unit, GAG Project, at the American Mission in Batticaloa on the 7th and 8th of June 2018

Sessions addressed the following topics: Importance of  Sexual and Reproductive Health education and services, the reproductive health system, its functions and issues related to it, Family Planning methods , Post-natal and pre-natal care , Sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, how to develop communication skills, What is counselling?, The importance of counselling in dealing with gender based violence, what the role and responsibilities of a Health Assistant should be and how to report in an accurate manner.