HPA cautions public on air pollution

According to the environment ministry's website, the air is the most polluted in the country now in H.Dh. Kulhudhuffushi and L. Fonadhoo.

3 December 2022

Haze not linked to climate change: MET

HPA has highlighted the need to be careful during air pollution, saying haze can lead to some health issues.

11 January 2023

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

Traveller tests positive for malaria; no danger to public: HPA

Malaria was eradicated in the Maldives in the 1970s; the mosquitoes that cause the disease are no longer native to Maldives.

18 April 2023

Maldives reports nearly a 170 cases of Chikungunya

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

3 May 2024

Expat taskforce expands with food safety, health authorities

The task force formed by the Home Ministry, Police and Immigration will now include HPA, MFDA and the Economic Ministry.

23 August 2024

HPA says diarrhoea outbreak linked to fast-spreading norovirus

29 July 2023

39 contracted AIDS since discovery in Maldives 31 years ago

Maldives has eradicated transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child in the womb; it was accomplished in 2019.

1 December 2022