Sri Lanka plans to control one third of the non communicable diseases that threatens the country
by the year 2020 Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has stated while addressing the World Health Summit held in Berlin,Germany.
As Sri Lanka has managed to eliminate Communicable diseases like Filaria and Malaria in the country had taken so many steps including increasing of taxes imposed on Cigarettes by 90 percent and implemented a law to print health warning in Cigarette packs sold here by covering the 80 percent of the Pack and introduced traffic lights system to indicate the sugar levels contains in Soft Drinks at the market in view of controlling the spreading of non Communicable diseases in the Country the Minister has stressed.
As Sri Lanka has managed to eliminate Communicable diseases like Filaria and Malaria in the country had taken so many steps including increasing of taxes imposed on Cigarettes by 90 percent and implemented a law to print health warning in Cigarette packs sold here by covering the 80 percent of the Pack and introduced traffic lights system to indicate the sugar levels contains in Soft Drinks at the market in view of controlling the spreading of non Communicable diseases in the Country the Minister has stressed.
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