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Disaster Management, Farming & Agriculture, Healthcare, Pandemic, Poverty

Our Planet, Our Health

Today is World Health Day World Health Day, a global health awareness day, was declared to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 7, 1948. World…

Groundviews Groundviews on 04/07/202204/07/2022
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic

Building Resilience in Stressful Times

These are difficult times for many of us in Sri Lanka. After two years of a pandemic that disrupted nearly every aspect of daily living, we are now going through a serious…

Shashika Bandara and Ananda Galappatti Shashika Bandara and Ananda Galappatti on 03/30/202204/24/2022
Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Finding the Crime in Reproductive Choice

International Women’s Month was heralded by the familiar sound of male decision making in Sri Lanka’s parliament. The agenda for International Women’s Day was the legalization of abortion in the instance of…

Shenali Pilapitiya Shenali Pilapitiya on 03/24/202203/24/2022
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

The Definition of Fully Vaccinated is Shifting – We Must Keep Up to be Safe

We are in the third year of the pandemic and the end is indefinite. What we know in terms of methods to overcome this pandemic has remained the same since mid-last year.…

Shashika Bandara Shashika Bandara on 02/07/202202/08/2022
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

How to Handle the Omicron Variant

The latest Omicron variant is currently a global concern. Emergence of new variants is partly due to the global vaccine inequity which has allowed the virus to infect many unvaccinated populations and…

Shashika Bandara and Neelika Malavige Shashika Bandara and Neelika Malavige on 12/10/202112/10/2021
Advocacy, Colombo, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

The Perpetual Marginalization of People with Disabilities

Article 12 (1) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka 1978 recognizes that people are entitled to equal protection of the law. Therefore, the state is under an obligation to ensure through law…

Binendri Perera Binendri Perera on 12/03/202112/09/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

COVID-19 and Structural Inequalities Impede AIDS Battle

World AIDS Day is an annual event commemorated worldwide since 1988 on December 1. It is an opportunity to refocus and reinforce the global efforts to prevent new HIV infections, increase HIV…

Farida Lukmanjee Farida Lukmanjee on 12/01/202112/01/2021
Colombo, COVID-19, Healthcare, Pandemic

Covid-19 and the Serious Toll on Mental Health

Fear, isolation, depression, anxiety, financial worries and domestic tension due to the Covid-19 pandemic are some of the factors taking a serious toll on mental health in countries around the world. Researchers…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/10/202110/10/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic

Coping with Dementia

The world is ageing fast. Today there are 703 million people aged 65 or older; by 2050 the number will rise to 1.5 billion. According to population estimates and projections from UN…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/01/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

COVID-19: Facing the Shifting Policy Priorities

Sri Lanka is emerging from another wave of COVID-19 and there is a sense of uncertainty that surrounds us. While Sri Lanka’s notable success of vaccinating its population at record speed with…

Shashika Bandara Shashika Bandara on 09/27/202109/27/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Jaffna, Politics and Governance

Tracing the Roots of Drug Addiction in the North

Drug abuse is a menace that many societies are attempting to come to grips with. There has been a global rise in the number of drug users while accessing the substances has…

Sharmi Thavayogarajah Sharmi Thavayogarajah on 09/01/202109/01/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Stigma Related to COVID-19 Threatens to Divide Humanity Further

The global spread of COVID-19 has been accompanied by a deeply troubling rise of stigma. Stigma related to COVID-19 included stereotyping, blaming and ostracizing groups or individuals that were infected or associated…

Shashika Bandara and Raphael Lencucha Shashika Bandara and Raphael Lencucha on 08/31/202109/02/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

Lockdown at Last: Too Little, Too Late?

“The most sacred laws of justice are the laws which guard the life and person of our neighbor.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments After nearly ten months of refusing a lockdown,…

Jude Fernando Jude Fernando on 08/24/202108/26/2021
Colombo, Development, Economy, Gender, Healthcare, Pandemic

Will COVID-19 Trigger a Baby Boom or Bust?

*Sandamali is 26 weeks pregnant but she doesn’t yet know the sex of her unborn child. She lives in Bodagama with her husband and her two children, where healthcare facilities are at…

UNFPA Sri Lanka UNFPA Sri Lanka on 08/23/202108/23/2021
Colombo, Healthcare, Pandemic, Politics and Governance

COVID-19 Resurgence: Let’s Not Lose Hope but Let’s Not Tolerate Inadequate Solutions

Sri Lanka is facing a resurgence of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant that mirrors the devastating surge in India in April. In the last 24 hours government sources have reported 3,435…

Shashika Bandara Shashika Bandara on 08/16/202108/16/2021

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