MFDA bans Toblerone sale over plastic contamination

The chocolate was tainted with plastic due to a problem with the chocolate making machine, the MFDA said.

29 January 2024

Tainted Panadol batch prompts all-out ban

The import of the drug is restricted until the investigation is completed.

30 January 2024

MFDA lifts sale ban on Panadol

The alert added that the authority has informed the importers and sellers of the standards to be followed in the transportation and storage of the drugs.

22 February 2024

Maldives issues Meningococcal health alert after first fatality

HPA adds that people who meet with infected people for a short period of time or dine with them, despite direct contact, are not ‘close-contacts'.

26 June 2024

Maldives reports nearly a 170 cases of Chikungunya

The disease is spread by the Aedes mosquito that causes dengue fever.

3 May 2024

7 new Filariasis cases in Male region; total at 32

To prevent this disease, the only significant thing we can now do is to identify and eradicate mosquito breeding grounds.

24 December 2023

No Meningococcal outbreak, vaccinate if high-risk: Maldives govt

Symptoms appear between one and 10 days after infection.

27 June 2024

Maldives scrambles to contact trace after Meningococcal case

Although untreated cases can be fatal, vaccination offers effective prevention.

25 June 2024