(HPA)

Precautionary measures advised amid heatwave

Temperatures are soaring toward the end of the dry north-east monsoon.

WHO to confirm presence of Zika in the Maldives

Officials from the World Health Organisation are conducting tests in the Maldives for signs of the Zika virus in the wake of media reports that a Finnish man was infected by the mosquito borne virus during a visit last year.

Hundreds mobilized in campaign against dengue

Hundreds of staff at state owned companies, government offices, and volunteers started walking door-to-door in the capital Malé this morning with a checklist of activities to eliminate mosquito-breeding sites. At least four people have died from mosquito-borne dengue fever this year.

Pregnant woman dies of dengue fever

New HIV prevention strategy to target injecting drug users, gay men, sex workers

HPA warns of viral fever and common cold epidemic

Health Protection Agency plan youth services to bridge gap in sexual health education

New drug-resistant strain of TB found in Maldives “quite serious”: HPA

Hand foot and mouth disease on the increase in Maldives

Livestock import ban following anthrax scare in Tamil Nadu