Hemantha Senanayake|Malik Goonewardene|A.S. Ranatunga|R Hattotuwa|S Amarasekera|Isuri Anuradha Amarasinghe
Achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Sri Lanka
University of Colombo|Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists|University of Ruhuna|Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists|Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists|Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists|University of Peradeniya|Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
sri lanka exemplary record maternal child health care provision free education 60 years helped empower women medical care accessible provided free charge maternal mortality ratio indices maternal neonatal health shown uninterrupted improvement since 1930 midwives policy increase presence key success public health midwives provide care doorstep institutional midwives carry vast majority deliveries 99 occur hospitals although target millennium development goals challenges still remain maternal death postpartum haemorrhage unsafe abortion perinatal deaths due congenital abnormalities prematurity