Cyclone Ditwah has caused one of the largest flood events in Sri Lanka's recent history, submerging 1.1 million hectares, roughly 20 per cent of the country's land mass, and directly exposing 2.3 million people to cyclone-driven flooding, according the United Nations Development Programme (U
Between 2004 and 2018, recipients of heart transplants from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities had a 10 per cent higher relative risk of graft failure and death within five years than those from non-distressed communities.