Primary healthcare services launched in Faafu Atoll

Services launched in Faafu atoll will reduce the number of people who have to leave the area for medical care.

20 December 2022

Special operation launched for inmate medical treatment

As part of an earlier agreement with IGMH, doctors at IGMH were allowed to go to prison and inmates were given online consultations as well.

30 October 2022

Maldives unveils 5-year plan to control cancer

The plan noted that with the changes in lifestyle habits, there will be an increase in cancer cases in the coming years.

18 February 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

Don't delay reforms to prepare for next pandemic, WHO chief says

At the same meeting, countries approved a $6.83 billion WHO budget for 2024-25.

23 May 2023

Migrant workers mandated to complete medical checkup in 6 months

Nazim said the pre-arrival medical check-up will be conducted at places designated by the Ministry of Health.

25 December 2023

Work permits conditional on registered facility's medical

The ministry has changed the regulation amid public criticism over recent cases of Filariasis among foreign workers in Maldives.

4 January 2024

Govt to provide free medical check-ups for people over 35 years

Medical check-ups under Aasandha are available at health centres, regional and atoll hospitals in rural areas.

1 April 2024