Sri Lanka, Feb. 2 -- Nearly 313,000 women become pregnant in Sri Lanka every year, but alarmingstatistics reveal that a significant number of these pregnancies do not result in healthy births.

According to the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, nearly 26,000 women lose their fetuses within the first few months of pregnancy, while around 1,700 babies die in the womb after 28 weeks.

At a media briefing held at the Sri Lanka Medical Association Auditorium in Colombo, the association's president, Specialist Dr. Kapila Jayaratne, emphasized the need to address the rising rates of pregnancy complications, premature births, and infant deaths.

Infant Mortality

Out of approximately 280,000 live births each year, nearly 20,000 babies...