Colombo, 27 May, 2016: The Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appeal to all relevant parties to be...
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‘Iron Deficiency a Leading Cause of Anemia’ say’s Ministry of Health & UNICEF
COLOMBO, 29 May 2014 – The Ministry of Health has partnered with UNICEF to boost awareness on the importance of iron rich foods as a way to decrease the growing numbers of children and women affected...
Out-Of-School Children in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 25 June 2013 – Sri Lanka has made tremendous progress in getting children into school. Due to a policy to universalize primary education over seventy years ago, 98 per cent of...
Assessment of Nutritional Status and Associated Factors in Northern Province
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The end of three decades of violent conflict between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which ended in May 2009 lead to the displacement of...