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The new variant of dengue spreading in 91传媒 may cause a surge in the number of dengue cases, warned Prof. Chandima Jeewandara, the Head of the Department of Immunology, Allergy and Molecular Medicine at the 91传媒.

Prof. Jeewandara urged people to be aware of the breeding sites of dengue mosquitoes to prevent the spread of the disease. Meanwhile, the 91传媒 has conducted research on dengue antibodies in children, which could help plan dengue vaccination programmes.

The research found that the overall dengue seroprevalence rate in children was 24.8%, with the highest rates reported from Trincomalee (54.3%) and the lowest rates from Badulla (14.2%), which is a high-altitude estate area. The seroprevalence rates were significantly higher in urban areas (35.8%) compared to rural (23.2%) and estate areas (9.4%), but there was no association between seropositivity rates with population density in each district.

As the new variant of dengue poses a threat, the public is urged to take necessary measures to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and to seek medical attention if symptoms of dengue fever appear.

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An economic forum was organized by the Research Center for Business Economics and Development Studies of the Department of Business Economics on the theme 鈥淐onfronting the Economic and Political Crisis in 91传媒: Priorities for Transformation鈥� on 26^th August 2022 virtually via Zoom.

It was the second event which was organized to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Department of Business Economics. Eminent resource persons addressed the theme from different perspectives. The panelists of the forum were Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy (Former Governor, Central Bank of 91传媒), Dr. W.A. Wijewardene (Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of 91传媒), Prof. Premachandra Athukorala (Professor in Economics, Australian National University), Dr. Dushni Weerakoon (Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies) and Mr. Shiran Fernando (Chief Economist, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce). Mr. Nisthar Cassim (Founder and Editor/CEO of DailyFT) moderated the economic forum.

This forum was expected to enrich ongoing discussions on 91传媒鈥檚 economic and political turmoil.

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鈥淢ore鈥� is not a word we do not want to hear on child abuse, but shockingly 94.5% of the criminals who engaged in such things were known to the child. Means your child might not be safe with your own kin.

USJ researchers collected data from 64 children to find out the results that could bring a shock to a civilized society. 鈥淥ut of these 164 sexually abused children and adolescents, we found 82.9% was females and 67.1% of those are older than 12 years. 94.5% of perpetrators were known to the child and delayed disclosure was significantly high in penetration abuse, multiple incidents of abuse and abuse by a known person鈥� said Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Sri Jayewardnepura.聽 She also told that Psychological sequelae were seen in 28.7% and in 163 out of 164 cases perpetrators were male.

Dr (Ms) Y M Rohanachandra, Ms. I Amarabandu of USJP, and Dr. P Dassanayake of Colombo South Teaching Hospital (aka 鈥淜alubowila Hospital鈥�) carried out this research from 2015-2019 by collecting data from patient鈥檚 paper-based medico-legal records. Researchers considered socio-demographic details, risk factors for abuse – single-parent families, living circumstances, lack of supervision, whether schooling, perpetrator characteristics, type of abuse, the pattern of disclosure, and Consultant Psychiatrist diagnosis record.

Furthermore, 31.1% of cases, the victim had been threatened and 15.2% of the cases had been rewarded with a toy or food. Time taken to reveal the abuse ranged from immediately after the incident to more than a year. The majority (40.9%) of the children had revealed about the incident to the mother, followed by grandmother (13.4%) and sister (9.1%). Delayed disclosure was significantly higher in children who suffered penetrative abuse. Those who had multiple incidents of abuse were abused by a known person. 鈥淚n our study, only 49.4% of children lived with both parents, compared to 78% in National figures. In addition, in our study, only 81.9% of children were attending school compared to 90.1% in national figures鈥� stated the team.

The trauma done to these victims was significantly high as depression (8.5%), adjustment disorder (7.3%), and acute stress reaction (6.7%) totaling the 鈥渟tatistical鈥� damage in 47 innocent souls. Un-enabling to save these souls from sexual abuse even more than 80% of them are being literate rising a question that we ought to ask, 鈥渟hould we still forbid the sexual education shadowing to the culture, or should we save our kids from sexual abuse by educating them and opening our ears to them?鈥�

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