The Maldives Organisation for Elderly People has been presented with the UAE Health Award during the World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting in Geneva, reports Gulf Today.
UAE minister of health Dr Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, presented US$40,000 to the winning organisations, which also included the Society for Progress Association in Chad.
The award is annually granted to those individuals or organisations that provide various services in the medical and health development.
The Maldives Organisation for Elderly People provides a number of psychiatric and social services to the elderly in addition to health awareness programmes, physical education training sessions, yoga and physiotherapy either at home or at the centre.
