World Mental Health Day 2025
Every year on 10 October, the world observes World Mental Health Day, a global movement to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and advocate for better access to mental health care. Fir ...
Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet just over one in five ...
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Changing the Narrative on Suicide in Sri Lanka
On 10 September 2025, Sri Lanka joins the world in observing World Suicide Prevention Day, first established in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) ...
WHO Supports Sri Lanka to Outline the Plan for Estimating the Influenza Burden of Disease Through a Feasibility Assessment
Seasonal influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, with an estimated one billion cases annually, including 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, particularl ...
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