AIDS and global challenges

8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific:

As Sri Lanka hosts the eighth international Congress on AIDS in Asia and Pacific under the motto 'Waves of Change' - 'Waves of Hope', it is pertinent to look at the myriad of challenges the killer disease poses against the backdrop of increasing vulnerability of the population, especially those who are in the high risk category, teenagers, commercial sex-workers and migrant workers.

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As the dew on the grass vanishes at dawn...

A tribute to Dr. Pramod Ranatunga :

Dr. Pramod Vishwabandhu Ranatunga, the Resident Cardiologist of the Institute of Cardiology, Colombo, is no more. He breathed his last one year ago but still he lives with his patients, who wish that at any given moment he would come from heaven with his charming smile giving them hope to live on.

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The last gentleman

The 10th death anniversary:

Harold Pieris, Editor, Observer, 1977 to 1989:

Harold Pieris was as solid as the pillars of Lake House. Although big-made and bulky, Harry's strength was that of a gentle giant. His presence was a comforting one, for, although he worked behind the scenes, the skill he displayed in every field of journalism and newspaper administration made him as durable as the elegant pillars on which D.R. Wijewardene constructed his edifice.

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