Nilmini W

Public health / health economics. Tweets are my own views and not that of my employer's.

[Nilmini W @Minimalneg]

Did you know that 1 in 4 Sri Lankan adults have diabetes, and nearly a third of them remain undiagnosed?

Take control of your health with early detection and management. Get your sugar checked!

#DiabetesAwareness #HealthyLiving #EarlyDetection #lka

[Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study @slhas_lk]

Excited to share our new paper published by BMJ @DiabetesRC showing Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. It has taken much hard work by SLHAS researchers @ihplk, the universities of Colombo, Peradeniya, Ruhuna, KDU and the MRI https://t.co/sa330TgjXv

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Tragic story behind viral image of bodies in Gampola revealed by residents https://t.co/3oknCzKgg0

[SLTMobitel @slt_mobitel]

Witness Sri Lanka’s first-ever National AI Exhibition and Conference 2025 proudly powered by SLTMobitel!

Date: September 29th & 30th | Venue: Monarch Imperial, Colombo

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years.

Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.

But that's misleading...

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[Dasuni Athauda @AthaudaDasuni]

💡❗️ While power has been restored across the island since the 'Monkey' Blackout, power outages are once again being reported in some areas.

This time, the CEB states that power supply to certain areas needs to be limited, as three generators at the Norochcholai power plant are currently non-operational.

#lka #SriLanka #PowerCutSL

[Nilmini W @Minimalneg]

Power out in Horana again.

[Dasuni Athauda @AthaudaDasuni]

💡❗️UPDATE: Power has been restored to Colombo city, Kalutara, Kelaniya, Pannipitiya, Matugama, Kolonnawa, and several other areas.

Efforts are underway to restore power across the island.

#lka #SriLanka

[Dasuni Athauda @AthaudaDasuni]

💡⁉️Is anyone experiencing a power outage at the moment?

Currently in Bentota and the area is having a power cut.

Similar power outages reported from Dehiwala, Mount Lavinia, Wellawatte and Kalubowila areas…

#lka #PowerCut #SriLanka

[Nilmini W @Minimalneg]

@AthaudaDasuni Ratnapura, Horana, Homagama as well

[F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE @fperrywilson]

Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵

[Institute for Health Policy @ihplk]

We're looking for a program manager to join our team. The ideal candidate has experience in peer learning, global health or development work, and strong project management skills. Apply now!
For more details: https://t.co/BKehYYYcwf

[Deshal de Mel @deshald]

983 days. 3 Presidents. 3 Finance Ministers. 1 team. Sri Lanka is back.

https://t.co/Ur8AS9BmED

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.

In a word: Harvard.

Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.

🧵

[Nuwan I. Senaratna @nuuuwan]

2 #POPULATION MAPS OF #SriLanka

1️⃣ Where 50% of Sri Lanka Lives
2️⃣ Where 1% of Sri Lanka Lives

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

Indian gov't is buying a subscription to 13,000 academic journals, and then making them all available to "18 million students, faculty, and researchers" for free.

The cost is $715 million over 3 years. It includes Elsevier, Nature, and AAAS.

Have any other countries done this?

[Ishara M. Jayasena @IsharaMadhu]

For the first time in Sri Lanka's political history, 19 women hv been elected to Parliament purely based on merit. They are not widows or daughters of male political figures. They are the women who were among us in our own circles !
Congratulations all ! 2/1 #women #SriLanka

[Azzam Ameen @AzzamAmeen]

Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, NPP's Prime Ministerial candidate, makes history in the Colombo district with over 655,289 preferential votes—the highest ever for a single parliamentary candidate in Sri Lanka!

[Nuwan I. Senaratna @nuuuwan]

Summary statistics from every #GenElecSL & #PresPollSL this millennium.

It looks like we might see the lowest turnout since #GenElecSL2010. #Rejected vote counts would also be interesting.

For more historical statistics, see https://t.co/OVa5w3tLDh

🇱🇰 #SriLanka #LKA #SriLankaElections #Election2024

[Sarah Newey @sneweyy]

More than 445 million people living with diabetes across the world have no access to life saving medication, a study in the Lancet has warned: https://t.co/voRKR1UwGr @TelGlobalHealth

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academic ironies

[World Heart Federation @worldheartfed]

As few as 7% of countries have standalone plans or strategies to tackle cardiovascular disease.

Help us send a powerful message to our leaders to take comprehensive action against CVD.

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too?

And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates.

A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N