Ranjith de Silva is the national coordinator for the PPIUD Project in Sri Lanka. Mr. de Silva holds a Master’s in Demography and a Postgraduate Dilploma in Applied Statistics from the University of Colombo where he studied issues relating to contraceptive use in rural Sri Lanka and the connections between fertility and education. He has served as a technical consultant on projects ranging from maternal health care, sponsored by the World Health Organization, and induced abortions, sponsored by the University of Colombo. He has also published a number of articles on development and health care, and served as a data analyst for numerous public health studies. He leads the PPIUD office in Colombo, Sri Lanka.