The country I chose to investigate was Sri Lanka. It was found in Chapter 7, page 117, and talks about how important it is to take care of pregnant women to lower the infant mortality rate and save the lives of infants and women around the world. Sri Lanka is located on a small island off the tip of South Africa. It is unlike many South African countries, because it noticed the rates of children and mothers dying before birth so they decided to change that. Creating schools kept girls there longer to avoid early marriage and pregnancy, and more money was put toward this cause to advance medicine to support their growing culture.
The population of Sri Lanka is 21,283,913. The life expectancy is around 75 years. According to this same site, it is neat to see the statistic that women live longer - 79 years as compared to men at 72 years, due to gender equality in this country. 90.7% of the population is literate. Including both male and female. English is spoken by about 10% of the population, and the national official language is Sinhala. Tamil is another national language that is spoken less frequently. Government officials usually use English. The long form name of their country is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The capital is Colombo. Sir Lanka gained its independence from the U.K on February 4, in 1948, so they use this day as the national day to celebrate their independence. The main religions in Sri Lanka are: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Source.
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