The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has provided a USD 400,000 grant to the Maldives to support the development of health services.
The grant was announced at the first Maldives National Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum, held under the WHO Health Impact Investment Platform.
The funding will support primary healthcare, strengthen referral systems between health centres and regional hospitals, build human resources, improve health information systems, and address climate change-related challenges in the health sector.
The UHC forum, held from 13 to 14 December, brought together over a 100 participants from the Maldives and abroad. It developed a roadmap for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Maldives from 2026 to 2030, drawing on international experience and the country’s health sector digitalisation plans.