Rs 33.6 Billion for School Meals. What Is Actually on the Plate?
Sri Lanka is spending Rs 33.6 billion this year on its school nutrition programme. It is a substantial commitment at…
Category: Health
Your Medicine May Be About to Cost More. Look at the Reason Why
The NMRA has approved another batch of medicine price revisions because of the depreciation of the rupee. That may be…
39 New Health Projects. Will We Look After Them?
Thirty-nine health-sector projects are heading towards implementation from 2027. New hospitals, buildings and equipment photograph beautifully. The less glamorous question…
We Can’t Even Find a Bandage?
Patients at the National Hospital and other major state hospitals are reportedly being asked to buy basic surgical supplies from…
Rs 600 Million for Mannar – And India Is Paying
For a seriously injured patient, the distance between Mannar and Colombo can be measured in something more important than kilometres:…
MURUNGA: The Medicine Tree That Was Always in Our Backyard
Long before the world discovered “moringa” powders, capsules and superfoods, Sri Lankans were putting murunga into curry. The humble drumstick…
Sometimes Sri Lanka Gets It Right
WHO has recognised Sri Lanka for keeping malaria away and protecting mothers and newborns from tetanus for ten straight years.…
Kanthi Just Wants Another Day
She is 67, has cancer, no pension and survives on a net monthly income of about Rs 37,000. Getting from…
At Last, a National Policy on What We Eat
Sri Lanka launches its first National Food Safety Policy, promising coordinated regulation from farm to plate Sri Lanka has food…
160,000 Cancer Injections: The Contract May Hold the Key
The Filgrastim consignment remains caught in quarantine over labelling deficiencies while cancer patients face shortages. But NewsLine has examined the…
