Manjula Weerasinghe
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Recent Articles
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Perkins J, Street A, Wickramasinghe U, Weerasinghe M, Eddleston M, Sorensen J
Glob Health Action
. 2024 Nov;
17(1):2434372.
PMID: 39611339
Intentional and unintentional pesticide poisoning is an important public health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Individuals who have been exposed to toxic pesticides, particularly organophosphorus insecticides, need early...
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Gunasekara S, Agampodi T, Weerasinghe M, Fernando M, Price H, Wickramasinghe N, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2024 Nov;
14(11):e088714.
PMID: 39581720
Objective: To assess community awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in a disease-endemic district in Sri Lanka. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Setting: This study was conducted in selected 158 Grama Niladhari...
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Nyakutsikwa B, Taylor P, Hawton K, Poole R, Weerasinghe M, Dissanayake K, et al.
Arch Suicide Res
. 2024 Sep;
:1-18.
PMID: 39301886
Objective: Socioeconomic status deprivation is known to be associated with self-harm in Western countries but there is less information about this association in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). One...
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"Ad hoc policy decisions" in the news: Media framing analysis of a pesticide import ban in Sri Lanka
Scholin L, Hashini P, Kanapathy R, van Schalkwyk M, Eddleston M, Konradsen F, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health
. 2024 Jul;
4(7):e0003497.
PMID: 39012886
Modern agriculture relies on pesticides to maximise outputs. While many highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) are banned in places like the European Union due to concerns about harm to the environment...
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Kanapathy R, Agampodi T, Eddleston M, Konradsen F, Pearson M, Sanjula B, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2024 Jul;
14(7):e082688.
PMID: 38977371
Introduction: Pesticide self-poisoning causes severe health and socioeconomic hardship in low- and middle-income countries, including Sri Lanka. A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) has been designed to test whether...
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Weerasinghe M, Jobe L, Konradsen F, Eddleston M, Pearson M, Jayamanne S, et al.
Trop Med Int Health
. 2023 Oct;
28(12):901-911.
PMID: 37871998
Objective: Data from South Asia indicate that for 15%-20% of suicide attempts, pesticides are purchased from shops; otherwise, pesticides are obtained from an individual's house or nearby environment. We aimed...
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Scholin L, Lee K, London L, Pearson M, Otieno F, Weerasinghe M, et al.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
. 2023 Aug;
59(2):233.
PMID: 37642692
No abstract available.
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Scholin L, Lee K, London L, Pearson M, Otieno F, Weerasinghe M, et al.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
. 2023 Jul;
59(2):211-232.
PMID: 37420003
Purpose: Suicide and self-harm by pesticide self-poisoning is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Alcohol is an important risk factor for self-harm; however, little is known about its role...
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Fernando K, Jayamanna S, Weerasinghe M, Priyadarshana C, Ratnayake R, Pearson M, et al.
Ceylon Med J
. 2022 May;
66(2):87-95.
PMID: 35569005
Background: Over 90% of youth suicide deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Despite this relatively little is known about risk factors in this context. Aims: Investigate risk factors for...
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Weerasinghe M, Pearson M, Turner N, Metcalfe C, Gunnell D, Agampodi S, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2022 Apr;
12(4):e054061.
PMID: 35379621
Introduction: Pesticide self-poisoning kills an estimated 110 000-168 000 people worldwide annually. Data from South Asia indicate that in 15%-20% of attempted suicides and 30%-50% of completed suicides involving pesticides...