WHO/ HRP special programme is the main instrument of the UN system that coordinate the global research effort in the field of sexual and reproductive health.
HRP’s mission is to improve people’s sexual and reproductive health. It has established strategies and mechanisms that endeavor to strengthen the capacity of countries to promote and protect these. To achieve this, it brings together health care providers, policy makers, scientists, clinicians, consumers and community representatives to identify and address priorities for research aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health.
In keeping with the HRP/WHO mission to promote research in reproductive and sexual health, the objective of establishing this website is to

• Establish and promote collaborations with centers which play an active role in priority reproductive health areas
  
  
• To serve at the national level as a resource for the dissemination of knowledge and research findings related to reproductive health.
  
• To maintain a database on ongoing research on Sexual and Reproductive Health. This will help avoid inadvertent duplication of research. 

The NCC-RHR delegated the responsibility of developing this website to the Colombo Task Force. A committee comprising of the following oversaw this process. Chairperson – Colombo Task Force - Prof. Hemantha Senanayake Convenor - Colombo Task Force - Mrs. Sumedha Wijeratne Senior Research Officer NCC-RHR - Mrs. Tanya Nanayakkara Librarian - Mrs. Chandrani Kuruppu Research Assistant Colombo Task Force - Dr. Pushpika Rathnayake Computer Application Assistant Department of Obs & Gyn Faculty of Medicine Colombo - Ms. Achala Abeysinghe