Geographical Locations - Sri Lanka

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor:
• CIA World Factbook : Sri Lanka

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Sri Lanka
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Sri Lanka
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Sri Lanka
• WHO Regional Office for South East Asia (SEARO)
• UNDP - Sri Lanka

Government

• Government of Sri Lanka
• Ministry of Health
  - Epidemiological Unit
  - Health Education Bureau - in English, Sinhala and Tamil
  - National Programme for Tuberculosis Control and Chest Diseases
  - National STD/AIDS Control Program, Sri Lanka

Non-Government

• CARE : Country Profile
• Marie Stopes International : Sri Lanka
• MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders
  - War surgery
• Vegetarian Society of Sri Lanka - a newsletter article informing on its recent re-launching
• Sri Lanka Dental Association
• Sri Lanka Medical Association

Academic Institutions

• Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Breastfeeding practices in a public health field practice area in Sri Lanka: A survival analysis
  Exclusive breastfeeding up to the completion of the sixth month of age is the national infant feeding recommendation for Sri Lanka. The objective of the present study was to collect data on exclusive breastfeeding up to six months and to describe the association between exclusive breastfeeding and selected socio-demographic factors… [The authors conclude that] the rate of breastfeeding initiation and exclusive breastfeeding up to the fourth month is very high in Medical Officer of Health area, Beruwala, Sri Lanka. However exclusive breastfeeding up to six months is still low and the prevalence of inappropriate feeding practices is high. [extracted from author abstract] [International Breastfeeding Journal. 2007; 2: 13]
• Climate Change and Health Care Organization: Sri Lanka’s perspective
  "Sri Lanka being a small island nation falls into the United Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s category of ‘vulnerable states’. The Sri Lankan government has identified its vulnerability to climate change that agrees with the recommendation of the IPCC and the UNFCCC, and some numbers of countermeasures against vulnerability have been identified. The environmental changes provoked by the intense rains and floods notably increased the occurrence of diarrheal diseases, diseases transmitted by mosquitoes (among these, Dengue and Chikungunya), agricultural pests (Leptospirosis) sand flies (Leishmanisis). Loss of life by lightning strikes and road traffic accidents due to weather conditions have been on the increase. In heavily populated cities, air pollution is a very serious problem. Respiratory infections, asthma, and skin ailments and cardiovascular diseases have increased at an alarming rate. According to new medical findings, some of these diseases are also becoming more virulent and drug resistant. New strains of infective organisms have also been identified. Human beings have 'climate change'."
• Malaria Eradication and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Paraguay and Sri Lanka
  Mid-twentieth century malaria eradication campaigns largely eliminated malaria from Paraguay and Sri Lanka. Using these interventions as quasi-experiments, I estimate malaria’s effect on lifetime female educational attainment through the combination of pre-existing geographic variation in malarial intensity and cohort exposure based on the timing of the national anti-malaria campaigns. The estimates from Sri Lanka and Paraguay are similar and indicate that malaria eradication increased years of educational attainment and literacy. The similarity of the estimates across the countries reinforces our confidence in the validity of the identification strategy. [author abstract] [American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2 (April 2010): 46–71]

Educational Resources

• CMJ - Ceylon Medical Journal
• WWW Virtual Library: Sri Lanka
• CDC - Travel Information : Indian Subcontinent
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Health Links
• Sri Lanka: National Website - provides the most comprehensive collection of resources, though some of the links may be broken
• Sri Lanka Web-Server - country-specific information