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WHO public heath excellence award

Maldives conferred WHO Excellence in Public Health award

Maldives conferred WHO Excellence in Public Health award

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The World Health Organisation has conferred an ‘Excellence in Public Health’ award to the health ministry of the Maldives in recognition of successes in disease elimination and eradication. The Maldives became the first member state of the WHO Southeast Asia region to be verified malaria-free in 2015 and went on to eliminate lymphatic filariasis and […]