Rapports

Sri Lanka: Grave Abuses Under Discredited Law European Union Should Press for Repeal of Prevention of Terrorism Act (Brussels) -- The Sri Lankan government is using the discredited Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to commit prolonged arbitrary detention…

Record prices constrain households’ access to main staple foods Highlights ¾ Prices of cereals and other imported basic food products started to surge in September 2021 and reached record highs in January 2022. ¾ Price increases are mainly driven by…

Sri Lanka has been faced with increasing frequency and intensity of disasters recently due to changes in weather patterns. Disasters such as flash floods, prolonged droughts and landslides occurring due to extreme weather have deprived lives…

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). 33 percent of pregnant and nursing women are anaemic (WFP). US$ 1.94 m six months net funding requirement…

A new programme will deliver handwashing facilities in over 300 Sri Lankan schools to help prevent the spread of disease. Plan International is partnering with the NGO Secretariat of Sri Lanka to deliver handwashing facilities in 354…

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; 33 percent of pregnant and nursing women are anaemic (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). WFP will pay out US$ 3,795 as cash-based…

Abrar Ahmed, Kara Grace Hounsell, Talha Sadiq, Mariam Naguib, Kirstyn Koswin, Chetha Dharmawansa, Thavachchelvi Rasan, Anita M McGahan ABSTRACT Despite the 26-year long civil war, Sri Lanka was declared malaria-free by WHO in 2016. This achievement was the…

COLOMBO, December 20, 2021 – The United States delivered an additional 820,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to the Ministry of Health, increasing the total U.S. donation to 3.4 million jabs from the American people. “The United States supports…

December 7, 2021, New Delhi A Covid-19 Immunization Tracker (CIT), Smart Vaccination Certificate (SVC) and the National Covid-19 Health Information System (NCHIS) are some of the key digital health innovations supporting COVID-19 information management in Sri…

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Nearly 200,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived in Sri Lanka today as a donation from the American people. This gift demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to support Sri…