Small ruminant industry in Sri Lanka - Part III

Health care systems in transition III. Sri Lanka, Part II. The current status of HIV-AIDS in Sri Lanka.

In South Asia, Sri Lanka is considered to be a country with a low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, most of the behaviours that facilitate the spread of HIV exist within the country. A large sexually active and potentially susceptible population aged between 15 and 49 years accounts for almost 55 per cent of the total Sri Lankan population of 18.7 million. The continuin...

Public Private Partnership in Healthcare Industry in Sri Lanka as an Alternative to Privatization

The study is focused on the public-private partnership in health sector in Sri Lanka. As a developing country, Sri Lanka faces a challenging task in order to improve the infrastructure facilities of the country after ending the thirty years of war. There is a requirement to develop the country as a whole along with all the industries such as education, health, transport, agriculture, etc. to me...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a country with an approximate area of 66 thousand square kilometers (UNO, 2008). The population is 20,409,946 and the sex ratio (men per hundred women) is 98 (UNO, 2009). The proportion of the population under the age of 18 years is 28% and the proportion above age 60 is 8% (UNO, 2009). The literacy rate is 97% for men and 99% for women (UN Statistics, 2008). The life expectancy at...

Women in Sri Lanka

The Impact of Agricultural Credit and Farmer Trainings on Small Holder Dairy Production in Southern Region in Sri Lanka

Potential growth of dairy sector is highest and more reliable compared to crop sector, indicating that dairy sector can play vital role to increase income among farmers in rural areas than crop sector in Sri Lanka. Credit and farmer training in management ability have been major concerns of dairy development efforts. Therefore, this study wasconductedto assess the impact of credit and farmer tr...