Book Chapter
Rajapaksha, Nayani and Abeysena, Chrishantha (2021). HIV/AIDS Politics and Policy in South Asia. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. (pp. ---) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1313
Journal Articles
Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Balasingham, Sherine J., Gunawardana, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika, Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Chathuranga, Rajapaksha, Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Nayani Umesha, Nagendran, Praveen Shankar, Illangasinghe, Dhanaja Kaushalya, Janaka, Eranda, Batuwanthudawe, Ranjith and Karunapema, Palitha (2023). The eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS): is it suitable for health education nursing officers in Sri Lanka?. Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2 (1). doi: 10.1080/28355245.2023.2298938
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Abeysena, Chrishantha and Balasuriya, Aindralal (2023). Health seeking behaviours, dengue prevention behaviours and community capacity for sustainable dengue prevention in a highly dengue endemic area, Sri Lanka. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 507, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15404-5
Peiris, Dilka Rashmi, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Gunawardana, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika, Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage Prasad Chathuranga, Rajapaksha, Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Nayani Umesha, Rathnayake, Kumari M., Ranathunga, Nayomi, Kalupahana, Saman, Supun, Yakupitiyage Asanka, Deshpande, Sameer and Ahmed, Faruk (2023). Mobile phone-based nutrition education targeting pregnant and nursing mothers in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (3) 2324, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032324
Rajapaksha, Nayani Umesha, Abeysena, Chrishantha, Balasuriya, Aindralal, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Manilgama, Suranga and Alemu, Yibeltal Assefa (2023). Incidence management system of the healthcare institutions for disaster management in Sri Lanka. BMC Emergency Medicine, 23 (1) 6, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12873-023-00777-y
Rajapaksha, R. M. N. U., Wijesinghe, M. S. D., K. A. S. P. Jayasooriya,, Gunawardana, B. M. I., Weerasinghe, W. M. P. C., Tomas, T. K., Bhakta, S. and Alemu, Y. A. (2022). An extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) model with vaccination for forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Health Research, 2 (1), 77-95. doi: 10.4038/sljhr.v2i1.54
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Jayasooriya, Sujith P., Thomas, Toms K., Gunawardana, B. M. W. Indika, Weerasinghe, W. M. Prasad Chathuranga, Abeysena, Chrishantha, Bhakta, Shalini and Alemu, Yibeltal Assefa (2022). Predictive analysis of COVID-19 spread in Sri Lanka using an adaptive compartmental model Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered-Dead SEIRD model. International Journal of Health Systems Resilience, 1-14. doi: 10.51595/injhsr22/017
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Balasuriya, Aindralal, Abeysena, Chrishantha, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Manilgama, Suranga, Thomas, Tom K. and Assefa, Yibeltal Alemu (2022). Management of mass casualty incidents following disasters: Individual level capacity of the doctors in a curative healthcare institution, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Health Systems Resilience, 1-17. doi: 10.51595/injhsr22/016
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Khatri, Resham B., Abeysena, Chrishantha, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Endalamaw, Aklilu, Thomas, Toms K., Perera, Nadeeka, Rambukwella, Roshan, De Silva, Gayani, Fernando, Mekala and Alemu, Yibeltal Assefa (2022). Success and challenges of health systems resilience-enhancing strategies for managing Public Health Emergencies of International Concerns (PHEIC): a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (11) e067829, e067829. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067829
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Abeysena, Chrishantha, Balasuriya, Aindralal, Hetti, Nimalka Pannila, Alagiyawanna, Ajith and Manilgama, Suranga (2022). Development of a complex intervention package for dengue prevention. medRxiv , 2 (1), 62-76. doi: 10.1101/2022.06.16.22274559
Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Weerasinghe, W. M. Prasad Chathuranga, Gunawardana, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika, Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Vithana, V. C. N., Karunaratne, S. A. S. C., Koggalage, Dinesh and Karunapema, Palitha (2022). Revisiting health promotion settings: An innovative model from Sri Lanka to integrate healthy settings using mHealth. Health Promotion Perspectives, 12 (1), 28-33. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2022.04
Thomas, Toms K., Rajapaksha, Nayani Umesha, Jenda, Temwani M. and John, Susan (2022). From Wuhan China to a global pandemic: a review of early COVID-19 progression trends and lessons learnt. Journal of Human Health Research, 5 (1), 1-22.
Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Ariyaratne, Vinya S., Gunawardana, Balangoda Muhamdiramlage Indika, Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha, Weerasinghe, W. M. Prasad Chathuranga, Gomez, Praveen, Chandraratna, Sahani, Suveendran, Thirupathy and Karunapema, R. P. Palitha (2021). Role of religious leaders in COVID-19 prevention: a community-level prevention model in Sri Lanka. Journal of Religion and Health, 61 (1), 687-702. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01463-8
Preprints
Rajapaksha, R.M. Nayani Umesha, Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara, Thomas, Toms K., Jayasooriya, Sujith P., Gunawardana, B.M.W. Indika, Weerasinghe, W.M. Prasad Chathuranga, Bhakta, Shalini and Assefa, Yibeltal (2022). Predictive analysis of COVID-19 spread in Sri Lanka using an adaptive compartmental model: Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered-Dead (SEIRD) Model. doi: 10.1101/2021.08.09.21261819
Rajapaksha, R. M. Nayani Umesha , Khatri, Resham , Abeysena, Chrishantha , Wijesinghe, Millawage Supun Dilara , Thomas, Toms K. , Endalamaw, Aklilu , Perera, Nadeeka , Fernando, Mekala , De Silva, Gayani , Rambukwella, Roshan and Assefa, Yibeltal (2022). Health System Resilience-enhancing Strategies for Managing Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC): Success and Challenges A Systematic Review Protocol. doi: 10.1101/2022.06.14.22276386