Mrs. Lalitha Padmini, a midwife from Sri Lanka, has been recognised as one of most outstanding 12 health workers in the world by the Global Health Workforce Alliance.
The Special Recognition Awards recognize health workers for their exceptional work carried out in rural or hardship areas.
Mrs. Lalitha Padmini has been selected from 58 nominations from 27 countries by an independent award selection committee, made up of prominent experts in the field of human resources for health.
The most outstanding 12 health workers will be featured in the 'Hall of Fame' in the Marketplace at the Second Global Forum of the . the Global Health Workforce Alliance.The final winners will be announced at the closing ceremony on 29 January.
The Global Health Workforce Alliance was created in 2006 as a common platform for action to address the crisis of shortage of health workers.
The Alliance is a partnership of national governments, civil society, international agencies, finance institutions, researchers, educators and professional associations.
Lalitha Padmini’s Achievements
For the past 13 years Mrs. Lalitha Padmini has demonstrated outstanding innovations in the remote Sri Lankan v
illage of Medagama. Child nutrition being a major cause of concern, Mrs. Padmini took action and developed a colour coded system designed to alert mothers of their children's weight.This system has encouraged mothers to seek advice on how to improve their child's nutrition. Her clinic also won the award of best immunization coverage in 2008 thanks to her efforts in mobilizing the community to participate in immunization drives.
