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A fact from Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 November 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy was established in the 1970s to ensure that Sri Lankans could get high-quality, reasonably priced medications at correct dosages, and later became a model for national drug policies worldwide?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November.

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This reminds me strongly of a worldview focused strongly on Sri Lanka, which allows for a detailed description but feels lacking in objectivity. Perhaps a few changes to offset nationalism or glorification, or if this is such a grand achievement perhaps comparisons to other nations that later developed a similar model based on Sri Lankas example might be included.

An excellent start at an article that I believe will flourish as people drop by and proofread it, or add information on its consequences. An interesting topic, and extremely relevant to many debates at the moment. Learn something new every day! One point: where it says "Some drug prices dropped by half or two-thirds", by "dropped by two-thirds", do you mean the same thing as "dropped to a third of the original price"? Because earlier in the same paragraph it is mentioned that imported drugs were bought at a third of the normal price a year earlier. 09:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC) (Skittle)