Relative Importance of Packaging Elements of Baby Care Products in Sri Lanka: Do Demographic Factors Matter?

Demographic risk factors in pesticide related suicides in Sri Lanka.

1 2 A leading method of committing suicide in Sri Lanka is ingestion of pesticides, which are readily available in rural farming households. Self poisoning kills more people in rural Sri Lanka than ischemic heart disease and tropical diseases combined. 3 Although acute pesticide poisoning occurs at alarmingly high rates in Sri Lanka, it is also a major problem throughout the developing world. T...

Do schools promote violence in Sri Lanka?

I read with interest the article titled ‘Do schools promote violence in Sri Lanka?’ [1]. It is encouraging that the problem is being discussed in medical forums. The problem of violence in schools has been carefully documented in the University Paediatric Unit, Colombo North Teaching Hospital, over a period of time. Described below are 5 cases which reinforce the need to urgently address this p...

Assessing medication packaging and labelling appropriateness in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND There is substantial evidence of poor dispensing practices with inadequate packaging and labelling of medicines, and limited advice on their usage in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). We examined the labelling and packaging of medicines identified during a survey of 1322 households in six regions of Sri Lanka between 2010 and 2013 conducted using the World Health Organization ...

Prevalence of Organophosphate Poisoning In Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a global problem which has steadily increased over the past few years in developing countries and has become as one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in these countries. The aim of this prospective study was to analyze the prevalence of organophosphate poisoning among other acute DSH cases admitted to the medical ward at Batticaloa Teaching...

Rajabali suicides in Sri Lanka Demographic risk factors in pesticide related