Sri Lanka, July 27 -- The Ministry of Health and Mass Media announced that Primary Care Community Centers will be established islandwide, with each center expected to serve nearly 10,000 people from the country's population to provide more efficient and higher-quality primary health care services.

Accordingly, the Ministry added that, under the first phase, 2,000 Primary Care Community Centers will be set up islandwide over the next three years.

Issuing a statement in this regard, the Ministry also added that 100 centers are scheduled to open this year, marking the beginning of the program. Each center will be staffed by eight persons.

According to the Ministry, the primary objective of the project is to deliver more efficient and high...