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When Worlds Collide #29: Science and Politics of Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 19 August 2012 Much of Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone is currently grappling with a drought caused by the delayed Monsoon. This is a double whammy for … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Development, Disaster, Environment, Journalism, Public health, Science Journalism, Sri Lanka, Water
Tagged A R Wickremasinghe, Anuradhapura, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Ceylon Medical Journal (CMJ), Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology, CKDu, Dengue fever, Hemantha Withanage, K P Wanigasuriya, kidney dialysis, miracles, Polonnaruwa, Prof C B Dissanayake, Prof Oliver Ileperuma, R J Peiris-John, Sidney Harris, SLMA, Sri Lanka Medical Association
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