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词条 Health in the Maldives
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  1. Healthcare

  2. References

Life expectancy in the Maldives was 77 years in 2011.[1] Infant mortality fell from 34 per 1000 in 1990 to 15 in 2004. There is increasing disparity between health in the capital and the situation on the other islands. There is also a problem of malnutrition. Imported food is expensive.[2]

Preventuve and public health falls within the remit of the Centre for Community Health and Disease Control.

The Society for Health Education provides sexual and reproductive health information and services to young people. It is supported by the United Nations Population Fund.[3]

Healthcare

The proportion of health expenditure in the national budget increased from 8.7% in 1998 to 10.9% in 2000. Total expenditure on health in 2001 was $98. The Maldives has a universal health insurance scheme, Aasandha.

There are two hospitals in Malé, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, which is public and the ADK Hospital which is commercial. On all the inhabited atolls there are primary care facilities, and secondary care with beds on the larger islands. [4] The atoll-based hospitals have trouble getting supplies of medicine:

  • Haa Alif Atoll Hospital
  • Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital
  • Shaviyani Atoll Hospital
  • Noonu Atoll Hospital
  • Ungoofaaru Regional Hospital
  • Baa Atoll Hospital
  • Lhaviyani Atoll Hospital
  • Alif Alif Atoll Hospital
  • Alif Dhaalu Atoll Hospital
  • Vaavu Atoll Hospital
  • Muli Regional Hospital
  • Faafu Atoll Hospital
  • Dhaalu Atoll Hospital
  • Thaa Atoll Hospital
  • Gan Regional Hospital
  • Gaaf Alif Atoll Hospital
  • Thinadhoo Regional Hospital
  • Nyaviyani Atoll Hospital
  • Hithadhoo Regional Hospital

In 2000 there was a total of 470 hospital beds, a ratio of one bed for each 577 inhabitants.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news |title=Maldives |url=http://www.commonwealthhealth.org/asia/maldives/ |accessdate=20 November 2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Health online |date=2018}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=At a Glance: Health and Nutrition in the Mald |url=https://www.unicef.org/maldives/media_3334.htm |accessdate=20 November 2018 |publisher=UNICEF |date=2010}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Youth advocates for family planning break taboos in the Maldives |url=https://www.unfpa.org/news/youth-advocates-family-planning-break-taboos-maldives |accessdate=20 November 2018 |publisher=UNPFA |date=12 November 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=Maldives |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/maldives/health |website=Lonely Planet |accessdate=20 November 2018}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Maldives |url=http://www.who.int/hac/donorinfo/mdv/en/index1.html |accessdate=20 November 2018 |publisher=WHO |date=2018}}

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