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Consultation
on Health Financing for Universal Coverage on 14-15 December 2011
 
Ministry of Health and Family of Maldives and WHO Country Office
in Maldives in
collaboration and with technical assistance from the WHO Regional Office
for South-East Asia (SEARO, New
Delhi, India)
organized a Consultation on Health Financing for Universal Coverage on
14-15 December 2011 in Bandos Island Resort and
Spa. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a platform to discuss
international experiences in health financing and options for strategic
planning for health system financing in the context of decentralization
and corporatization in the Maldives.
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WHO Support for Critical Cardiac care Nursing.
 Nursing care is the cornerstone on which rests the quality of
health services, prevention of health complications, and enablement of
individuals to live healthy and productive lives. The treatment outcomes
depend largely on the nursing care and competency of the nurses.
It is essential for nurses who have been working for many years
to have opportunity for continuing education to update their knowledge
and skills, especially in building skills in life saving procedures. The
Maldives WHO Country Office in collaboration with WHO Regional Office for
South-East Asia (SEARO) and the Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn
University, Thailand has supported
seven nurses from Maldives to undergo a
twelve weeks training on Critical and Cardiac care Nursing. The aim of the training is to
strengthen quality of nursing care in cardiac and critical care and
further improve national teaching capacity in nursing.
The course is for
the duration from 12th September to 8 December 2011 and is
being conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn
University and the practicum will be conducted at various public
hospitals, namely the Police Hospital, the Queen Sirikit
National Children Institute, and King Chulalongkorn
Memorial Hospital Thailand.
World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2011
Viral hepatitis is a serious public health problem in the WHO
South-East Asia Region. In the next ten years, more than five million
people in the Region will die of the disease and its consequences. The
disease strikes people at their most productive age, adding to the economic
cost of both the family and the country. Yet its profile is that of a “silent
killer” – very few people, including health professionals, policymakers
or the general public, realize how widespread or dangerous it can be.
That is why we are pleased to mark the first World Hepatitis Day on 28
July 2011 following the World Health Assembly resolutionWHA63.18 that
called for comprehensive prevention and control of this disease.
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WHO
Supports country’s fight against Dengue.
 With 1604 dengue cases
reported in 44 islands and some resorts since 26 December 2010 and with a
third (551 cases, including 06 deaths) reported from 1st June
alone, the government has its hands full in trying to control the dengue
epidemic. The number of reported cases has already almost doubled last
year’s figure of 920, including 2 deaths. A national dengue control task
force has recently been formed by the president to boost the country’s
effort to fight the epidemics.
To support the government WHO has been
assisting in enhancing the capacity of the Ministry of health and Family
for prevention and management of Dengue. Technical assistance has been
provided, including the shearing of WHO comprehensive guide line for the
prevention and control dengue and Dengue hemorrhagic fever. Several
training activities were supported or organized, such as on the clinical
management of Dengue prevention and control, and behavioral change
communication. Dengue fever diagnostic kits have been provided. WHO has been facilitating the testing
of blood sample ata specialized laboratory in Thailand
to confirm the type of Dengue Virus. At the request of the Ministry of
Health and Family, WHO preparing to procure some supplies needed for
Dengue prevention and Management.
WHO has supported efforts to
information-shearing on dengue to the public thought the ministry of
Health and Family, and has lead efforts to raise awareness on the disease
and its control to the UN staff in the country. More information ….
Antimicrobial Resistance: Use Antibiotics Rationally
 Communicable
diseases continue to be a major public health problem in member states of
the South-East Asia (SEA) Region of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Each year, of 14 million deaths that occur in the SEA Region, six
million—or about 40 per cent—are due to communicable diseases, which also
contribute to 42% of the total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost1.
The continuous interplay between complex socioeconomic, environmental and
behavioral factors – as well as unrelenting population movements in an
interconnected world – provides a milieu conducive to persistence and
spread of communicable diseases
both within and across borders, thereby threatening
international health security.
On 07th April 2011, WHO will focus on “Antimicrobial Resistance” Regional
Director’s Message World
Health Day – Key Message World
Health Day – Key Message ( Dhivehi
Translation) More information on World Health Day 2011…..
WHO and the Maldives incorporate key
national health policies as part of WHO Country Cooperation Strategy
2007-2011.
The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) between the
World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health, Republic of Maldives,
was officially launched on 21 November 2007 in the capital, Male.
The collaborative activities of the World Health
Organization (WHO) in the South-East Asia Region are in support of
efforts to improve the health status of the population in its Member States.
Country Cooperation Strategies (CCS) identifies how WHO can best support
health development in Member States.
“To help achieve the objectives of this CCS, we
recognize the importance of a strong WHO Country Office working closely
with key counterparts who are familiar with local conditions. In
addition, since the Country Office is small, support from both the
Regional Office and Headquarters is essential to assist the country
office in implementing such a strategy,” said Dr Samlee
Plianbangchang, Regional Director, WHO
South-East Asia region.
In acknowledging WHO’s
support as the longest serving international organization in the country,
Minister of Health, Mr Ilyas Ibrahim reiterated
WHO’s support rendered in improving the health
and development of the population of the Maldives.
“This CCS notes the progress in this country in
achieving the Millennium Development Goals, especially that related to
child and maternal mortality,”said Dr Jorge M.
Luna, WHO Representative in the Maldives.
“While the Maldives has achieved remarkable successes
in communicable disease control with indigenous Polio and Malaria and
Polio eradicated for more than 20 years, leprosy and filaria
reduced to elimination levels and tuberculosis remaining under control,
the real test will be to sustain these achievements over time.” More
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