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World Health Day : ‘My Health , My Right’ Srilanka public health service is facing its worst crisis since independence

Sri Lanka’s public health service is facing its worst crisis since independence. President Ranil Wickramesinghe and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna government need to give much more priority to help the public health service recover; because as the clichè goes: “ health is wealth”.

The crisis involving former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella made the situation worse with the importation of substandard drugs from fictitious companies. The tragedy is that this is happening in the county which produced Prof. Senaka Bibile who was widely regarded as a prophet of modern medicine, and proposed a solution to the drug crisis.

He proposed that Sri Lanka should import only about 500 varieties of drug. But today, Sri Lanka, despite its foreign exchange crisis, is importing more than 10,000 varieties of drugs. Prog. Bibile’s solution was that drugs should be imported based on five factors-quality, safety, efficiency, the cost of the drugs and the need for it. Based on this, the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) was setup with Prof. Bibile serving both as chairman and the trade union leader. The SPC setup to gradually manufacture most of the drugs here so that Sri Lanka could save on foreign exchange.

On Sunday April 7, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will mark the World Health Day. In a statement, the WHO said that around the world, the right to health of millions is increasing coming under threat. Diseases and disasters loom large as causes of death and disability. Conflicts are devastating lives, causing death, pain, hunger and psychological distress.

According to WHO, the burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breath clean air, with indoor and outdoor air pollution claiming a life every 5 seconds.

The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has found that at least 140 countries recognise health as a human right in their constitution. Yet, countries are not passing and putting into practice laws to ensure their population are entitled to access health services. This underpins the fact that at least 4.5 billion people – more than half of the world’s population- are not fully covered by essential health services.

To address these types of challenges, the theme for World Health Day 2024 is “ My health, my right” . This year’s theme was chosen to champion the right of everyone,  everywhere to have access to quality health services, education and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions and freedom of discretion.

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