Dr. Palitha Abeykoon saiki dadi Penasihat Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia lan Kamentrian Kesehatan ing Sri Lanka. Dheweke dadi anggota Dewan Pemantau Kesiapan Pandemi Global WHO- Bank Dunia, lan Gugus Tugas PHC Global WHO lan nganti saiki dheweke dadi Utusan Khusus Direktur Jenderal WHO kanggo COVID-19.
Dr. Abeykoon minangka lulusan medis saka Sri Lanka, kanthi pendidikan pascasarjana saka Universities Southern California, lan Harvard School of Public Health. Dheweke duwe karir dawa ing WHO lan dadi Direktur Sistem Kesehatan Daerah. Dheweke uga dadi Perwakilan WHO ing India.
Dheweke dadi panampa Dr Fred Katz Award saka Australian and New Zealand Association of Medical Education (ANZAME), McLaren Leadership Award saka Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health lan Lifetime Achievement Award saka almamater.
Dheweke nyekel Fellowships saka Colleges of Community Physicians, Medical Administrators, General Practitioners lan Medical Educationists of Sri Lanka. Dheweke dadi Mantan Presiden Asosiasi Medis Sri Lanka lan Dewan Kedokteran Sri Lanka.
Dr Abeykoon wis nerbitake kanthi wiyar, bubar nyunting "Kesehatan Sri Lanka ing Transisi" lan "Sejarah Kedokteran ing Sri Lanka.
Kaca wis dianyari ing Mei 2024.
