Science and Medicine
Sri Lanka has a free and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. It is known for having one of the world's earliest known healthcare systems and has its own indigenous medicine system.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
2009 swine flu pandemic in the Philippines.
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