Partners and governance
Led locally, delivered by government
The HPV Track Partnership Board
The Board will meet four times a year. It approves workplans, reviews risks, decides each expansion gate and oversees handover.
- Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS), Nuwara Eliya (Chair)
- Medical Officers of Health, Ambagamuwa and Kotagala
- Two estate trade union representatives
- Two CDF women delegates
- One plantation company representative, nominated through the Planters' Association of Ceylon
- MHEP Project Lead
Who does what
The Ethical Tea Partnership will be approached as a complementary partner. Each partner works under a written agreement with a named focal point, who joins monthly operations calls with the Project Lead.
| Partner | Role in Kushalam |
|---|---|
| Family Health Bureau and National Cancer Control Programme, Ministry of Health | Formal authorisation, technical review, receive the evaluation |
| Central Province RDHS | Chairs the Board, signs the handover |
| MOH offices, Ambagamuwa and Kotagala | Deliver the service; medical officers lead information sessions |
| Public Health Midwives (24) and supervisors (6) | Eligibility checks, sessions, booths, results and follow-up |
| Well Woman Clinics | Results visits and triage cytology |
| Public HPV laboratory | PCR testing with partial genotyping |
| District General Hospital, Nuwara Eliya | Colposcopy and treatment; Teaching Hospital Peradeniya as backup |
| Plantation Human Development Trust (PHDT) | Link to companies and unions; help mobilise women |
| Regional Plantation Companies and estates | Booth space, work-time windows, authorised leave |
| Estate trade unions and CDF women delegates | Co-sign the estate MOU, sit on the Board, raise concerns |
| Independent Sri Lankan research team | Baseline and endline evaluation |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia | Proposed funder |