Health issues and progress in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is currently working towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. To achieve the targets for the reduction of child mortality, which forms MDG 4, Sri Lanka should reduce under-five deaths per 1,000 live births to seven, and increase measles immunisation to 100 per cent by 2015. In 2011, under-five mortality stood at ten deaths per 1,000 live births, and measles immunisation at 99 per cent. Considering that Sri Lanka’s underfive mortality rate has been consistently falling since 1990 and measles immunisation is nearing 100 per cent, Sri Lanka has a good chance of achieving its MDG 4 targets by 2015.