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Pandemic Recovery in Urban Settings: Planning for the Unplanned

WEBUrbanisation has intensified many of the most pressing global challenges over the last few decades. Today, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has become …

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Sri Lanka’s Health Financing Challenge: Why Smarter Spending is Key

WEBSri Lanka’s public health spending as a share of GDP, at around 1.5%, is low by international standards. This is compounded by inefficiencies in fund administration …

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WEBThe Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) together with the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health (CPIGH) …

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RESET Alcohol Initiative in Sri Lanka

WEBRESET Alcohol Initiative in Sri Lanka. Fiscal policy scenarios have shown that taxation and pricing policies are cost-effective ways to reduce the negative health and social impacts …

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An Appetite for Health: Regulating Sri Lanka’s Food Environments …

WEBIndeed, NCDs – primarily caused by poor eating habits and inactive lifestyles –, claim the largest number of Sri Lankan lives, accounting for 83% of all deaths, …

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No School, No Meals: Sri Lanka’s Battle against Child Malnutrition

WEBAlthough, Sri Lanka performs well in most health indicators, child nutrition remains a major issue. According to the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2016, …

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Sri Lanka National Health Accounts

WEBSri Lanka National Health Accounts (SLNHA) provides estimates of national health expenditures by source, by functional use and by provider on an aggregate basis. …

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Controlling NCDs in Sri Lanka in the Age of a Pandemic

WEBAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 83% of all deaths in Sri Lanka in 2016.Even more …

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Improving Pandemic Responses to Reduce Adverse Health Effects …

WEBImproving Pandemic Responses to Reduce Adverse Health Effects on Women Workers in Sri Lanka’s Export Sector. International research demonstrates that the pandemic …

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Malnutrition in Sri Lanka: A Persistent Problem

WEBAlthough Sri Lanka performs well in most health indicators, child nutrition is still a major challenge. Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012 revealed that poor …

Category: Nutrition Go Health

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WEBIn this second article marking World Health Day (7th April), Samanthi Bandara of the Health Economic Policy Unit of the IPS argues that as Sri Lanka …

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Analysis of Private Health Insurance in Sri Lanka: Findings and …

WEBPrivate health insurance (also known as voluntary health insurance) has been available in Sri Lanka for three decades. While it has not been of major importance as a financing …

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WEBTax evasion – in all sizes, shapes, and forms – is a reality that exists in Sri Lanka. It has been cited as one of the many reasons for the declining tax-to-GDP ratio …

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WEBFor example, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2012/13, on average, a household spends around Rs. 1,564 per month on …

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Healthy Public Policies Begin with Health in All Policies

WEBMost recently, the concept of Health in All Policies (HiAP), was initially introduced by Finland in 2006 [5]. Subsequently, HiAP was recommended as a …

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RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF AN AGEING …

WEBThis leads to high out-of-pocket health spending by households. However, the National Elderly Health Policy (NEHP) identifies long-term elderly care as a priority area and …

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Bilesha Weeraratne Attends the Global Humanitarian Policy Forum …

WEBBilesha Weeraratne Attends the Global Humanitarian Policy Forum in New York 13 December 2019 New York, USA. IPS Research Fellow and Head of Migration …

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Sri Lanka the Economy Report 2016

WEBSri Lanka's total expenditure on health (TEH) -including all expenditure on personal health services, community (public health and preventive) health services, and gross capital …

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Assessing Food Environments, Population Diets and COVID …

WEBIncrease durability of Canned or bottled F&V, group 1 foods/ modify sensory qualities. salted/sugared nuts and seeds, salted, cured, or smoked meats, canned fish, cheeses, …

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WEBAlmost 61% of its households fall into the poorest category, while in the urban and rural sectors this was at 8% and 20% respectively (see Figure 3). Households’ poor …

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