The national Coordinator of the Dengue Prevention Programme was assigned with the task of enacting a national policy on dengue prevention. This national policy on dengue prevention was handed over to the Minister of Health, Nutrition, and Indigenous Medicine Rajitha Senaratne by Dr. Hasitha Thisera
It was handed over to the minister at a meeting held with the officials of his ministry, at which Deputy Minister of Health Faizal Casim also participated.