Cases of dengue, flu, viral fever and influenza spiked in the Maldives earlier this year.
The Health Protection Agency has said that lifestyle changes during Ramadan could contribute to the spread of diseases.
There are annual dengue outbreaks in the Maldives, with cases reported every year although most are not life-threatening.
Schools in the capital reopened on Sunday after a health alert issued in response to a seasonal outbreak of the flu and viral fever was cancelled...
Both the government-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital and the private ADK hospital have also started offering the influenza vaccine to pregnant women.
The national health alert has been raised to level three based on the "rapid increase of cases" since February, the discovery of severe disease among high-risk...
A record 200 percent import duty hike in 2012 failed to reduce demand and the number of cigarettes imported to the Maldives increased to 497 million...
"The cases were linked to travels to Maldivian in February and June this year. Therefore, [the World Health Organisation] has classified Maldives as category 2, indicating...
