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Geographical Locations - Maldives
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- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 5,377
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- Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in the South-East Asia Region: Maldives
"The health policy of the Maldives states that the enjoyment of the highest attainable level of health is a basic right of every citizen. Therefore, the government places great emphasis on the accessibility and affordability of health care services and the health of women and other vulnerable groups. An important part of the long term national efforts to improve maternal and child health, is increasing awareness of the opportunities for practicing family planning. The effects of this effort can be seen in the dramatic decrease in the crude birth rate from 41 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 18 per 1000 in 2003." [WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2005]
- Report on Capacity Building in Food Safety in Post-Tsunami Maldives
"The massive tsunami of 26 December 2004 that left a trail of destruction across much of South-east Asia, devastated the Maldives. Although the number of casualties was low compared with the rest of the affected nations, the impact was tremendous as the entire country and one third of the population was affected. Pre-tsunami Maldives was already dependent on import of most of the food items. Besides being heavily dependent on tourism, which constitutes 33 % of GDP, fishing and agriculture account for around 20% of GDP. Post-tsunami hundreds of fishing boats, fishing equipment and cold / insulated storage facilities belonging to fishermen were damaged or destroyed, crippling the Maldivian fish and seafood industry. With the Tsunami waters flooding Maldives, fruits and agricultural crops were swept away and most parts of the agricultural land covered with salty mud leaving it unusable for agricultural purposes in the immediate future. Given this backdrop, assessment of the food safety situation, in the aftermath of the Tsunami disaster in Maldives, was undertaken from 9 January 2005 – 20 January 2005 (ICP EHA 011). Recommendations in terms of immediate measures, short term measures and long-term measures were made to the Government for improving the food safety situation in Maldives." [WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, Project: MAV EHA 050 (27 March 2005 – 27 May 2005)]
- The HIV/AIDS Situation in the Republic of the Maldives in 2006
"This situational analysis report, conducted by DPH/MOH with support from UNICEF and WHO, shows high levels of HIV vulnerability in the country. Especially in the capital but also in the outer islands, injecting drug use – through which many HIV epidemics have started in the region – is on the rise. An economy and society characterized by mobility and gender imbalances further fuels the potential for HIV to spread. In order to address HIV thoroughly and to make sure the Maldives is spared from an epidemic that has engulfed parts of India, Southeast Asia and China, it is imperative that we take a thoughtful and humane approach. It is important that the existence of risk behaviors in our country – including the increasing incidence of injecting drug use, premarital sex among the young, sex between men and commercial sex – is acknowledged. Following the current assessment, the new national strategic plan on HIV/AIDS in the Maldives should outline ways to better address the needs of people engaging in risk behaviors, so that we will guarantee that our current status as a low-prevalence country is continued." [National HIV/AIDS Council (NAC), Ministry of Health of the Maldives and the UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, 3 August 2006]
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