Maldives
Population (2017): 436,330
Income per capita (2018): 8,980 US
Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 11.5
training
Type of Training – No program
Length of Training – N/A
Year Family Medicine established – N/A
Number of family medicine residents graduating each year – N/A
Number of institutions that offer family medicine – N/A
practice
Number of family doctors – unknown
Physician to population ratio – unknown
DALY: 19,952/100,000 individuals (due to all causes).
Life Expectancy:
Females 2017: 80.0 years
Males 2017: 77.0 years
Mortality rate 2017:
Males: 75 per 1,000 male adults.
Females: 53 per 1,000 Female adults.
Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 99%.
College of Family Physicians (Y or N):
No
healthcare system
There is poor connectivity within the healthcare system, since most islands don’t have a health post from which the family health workers (FHW) can do their work (World Health Organization, 2012). As of the Infant Mortality (1000 live births) is 11 and the under 5 mortality (1000 live births) is 14 (Sulaiman et al., 2014).
training
There is no postgraduate training in family medicine currently (WONCA, n.d.). There is an agreement on the need to train general physicians in family and emergency medicine similar to Nepal and rural part of Pakistan since Maldives is spread out over many islands and atolls (WONCA, n.d.). There is also an interest to join WONCA eventually after establishing family medicine (WONCA).
practice
References
"Maldives." World Health Organization. April 13, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hac/donorinfo/mdv/en/index1.html.
Sulaiman, A.I., Sithi, H., Bakar, A., & Wahab, H.A. "Primary health care: hope and challenges for public health in Maldives." Journal of community health (39), no. 3 (2014): 627-631. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haris_Wahab/publication/260041034_Primary_Health_Care_Hope_and_Challenges_for_Public_Health_in_Maldives/links/573974b908ae9ace840d18f3.pdf.
WONCA. n.d. "South Asia Region President Visits Maldives." Retrieved from https://www.wonca.net/News/SouthAsiaregionpresidentvistsMaldives.aspx.