Aasandha: Begging for your life
Aasandha is the Maldives’ universal health care system.
15 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
“Aasandha is not what it was meant to be,” says an exasperated Fathimath Alia*.
With two young children and an aging mother, Alia has had multiple run-ins with Aasandha – the Maldives’ universal health care system.
Aasandha went live at the stroke of midnight on January 1 2012: a public-private partnership established with Allied Insurance to provide healthcare services to any Maldivian with a valid identity card.
The scheme gives Maldivians annual heath coverage of up to MVR100,000 (US$6,394) from health centres, clinics and hospitals in the country, as well as hospital stays in India and Sri Lanka for emergencies and treatments not available locally.
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