Tag Archives: World Health Organisation (WHO)

When Worlds Collide #119: Long way to lowering Lanka’s Deadly Diesel Hazard

Posted on 29 August 2014 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 29 August 2014 Progress is slow and incremental. Those who take all-or-nothing positions often end up with…nothing. So let’s hail Sri Lanka’s leading petroleum distributor introducing a … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #115: Fast-tracking Road Safety in Sri Lanka

Posted on 18 July 2014 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 18 July 2014 The Apollo 8 space mission, which lasted from 21 to 27 December 1968, was the first time that a manned spacecraft left Earth orbit, … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #109: Huffing and puffing over Tobacco in Sri Lanka

Posted on 31 May 2014 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 31 May 2014 Tobacco control presents formidable policy dilemmas. It isn’t a simple or simplistic battle between ‘good’ and ‘evil’ as anti-tobacco activists would make us believe. … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #103: Combating Dengue, a ‘Silent Disaster’

Posted on 18 April 2014 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today broadsheet newspaper on 18 April 2014 The theme for World Health Day, observed on April 7, was vector-borne diseases – a major public health challenge in the tropics. It was … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #89: Our Long Road to Cleaner and Safer Cities…

Posted on 27 October 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 27 October 2013 Indian environmental activist Sunita Narain was seriously injured while cycling in New Delhi last Sunday, October 20. She was hit by a car while … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #86: Haunted by Twenty-first Century Demons?

Posted on 6 October 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 6 October 2013 Meet the 21st Century Demons! That was how I started a recent talk to the annual scientific sessions of the College of Community Physicians … Continue reading →

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When Worlds Collide #69: Public Trust in Times of Global Pandemics

Posted on 2 June 2013 by

Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday broadsheet newspaper on 2 June 2013 How should we respond to a rapidly spreading infectious disease like a particularly virulent form of influenza? What precautions are essential to … Continue reading →

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