Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Health: In Colombo, toilets are missing from urban development plans, putting women’s health at risk
Sri Lanka’s capital has a severe paucity of crucial public hygiene facilities, with women bearing the brunt of this neglect.
News Sri Lanka » Health: Sri Lanka’s HIV wake-up call: Lessons from Asia’s HIV experience
Sri Lanka’s HIV story has long been considered one of the country’s quiet public health successes. While many nations in Asia struggled with substantial HIV epidemics over the past four decades, Sri ...
News Sri Lanka » Health: Public health crisis deepens as many doctors leave Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s public health service has sharply deteriorated over the past year as President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government imposes its International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity program on the ...
News Sri Lanka » Health: Sri Lanka’s public health services face breakdown
Sri Lankan public health services are facing a catastrophic breakdown caused by shortages of doctors and other employees, essential medicines, equipment and basic facilities. Doctors and health ...
News Sri Lanka » Health: Health ministry asked to probe coronary stent safety after Sri Lanka withdraws three Indian models
India's Union Health Ministry has been asked to examine concerns over the safety and quality of coronary stents. This comes after three models of drug-eluting stents (DES) made by India-based medical ...
News Sri Lanka » Health: U.S., Sri Lanka Navy come together for Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 opening ceremony
NAVAL BASE WELISARA, Sri Lanka — Members of the U.S. and Sri Lanka Navy came together for the opening ceremony of Sri Lanka Health Engagement 17 here, Sept. 11, 2017. Since 2014, the Sri Lanka Health ...
News Sri Lanka » Health: After Cyclone Ditwah: Climate-proofing Sri Lanka’s health system
As Sri Lanka currently counts human and economic costs of Cyclone Ditwah, the images are both disturbing and somewhat familiar: flooded hospitals, access roads buried by landslides, evacuation centres ...