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Maldives Health and the health care system have improved a lot in the recent years. The Primary Maldives Healthcare basically dwells with the overall health needs of the community. Maldives health services are provided through countrywide referral networking by the family health workers. These people look after the health concern of the inhabited islands, Atoll Health centers, and four regional hospitals along with a central level hospital in Male. The health system in Maldives is managed well as an average of one doctor caters to 1400 population and 1.1 family health workers caters to 1000 population.
There has been total control of contagious diseases in Maldives. Diseases like Malaria have not been registered in the past ten years and leprosy rate has also lessened in these years. Other common diseases like TB have also been controlled. The Maldives Healthcare survey indicates an addition of 20 years to the life expectancy of a Maldivian born after 1980.
The "Institute of Heath Sciences" is responsible for training the health professionals and also conducts a three years diploma course in nursing and midwifery. The first course started in September 1991. Presently Maldives Health is in a better condition and the ministry of health is implementing new health projects for its further betterment.
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