SCG Meeting

First Stakeholder Consultation Group(SCG) Meeting

The first stakeholder meeting for the Digipaths project was held on November 8-9, 2024, at Renuka City Hotel, Colombo. It was facilitated by the project lead, country leads, and two facilitators. The meeting engaged 36 stakeholders from diverse fields, using interactive techniques such as storyboarding and the nominal group method to foster active participation. Key facilitators identified included the stakeholders’ varied expertise and the ongoing implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. However, challenges such as power imbalances, technological limitations, and economic constraints were highlighted. To address these, stakeholders proposed strategies like capacity building, stakeholder mapping, and strengthening collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

2nd Stakeholder Consultation Group(SCG) Meeting

The 2nd Stakeholder Consultation Group (SCG) meeting for the DIGIPATHS project (WP 2.2) was held on 31 May 2025 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, engaging 20 multidisciplinary participants in a hybrid, six-hour session. Using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT), stakeholders reviewed and ranked clinical recommendations for diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and ischemic heart disease, supported by translations in Sinhala and Tamil. nalysis using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability showed strong support for high-risk screening and lifestyle modification, alongside concerns about costs, resource limitations, unclear referral thresholds, and screening intervals. Two recommendations received lower acceptability. The meeting generated actionable insights to strengthen digital care pathway implementation in primary care.