McGlashan N, Ali M, Shepherd S
Ecol Dis. 1982;1(4):221-8.
It is difficult to quantify the major health scourges from which the Maldivians suffer because of the scattered nature of their settlements and their conservative attitudes to health and hygiene-related matters. Projects to improve the quality of the health and disease data have been instituted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Maldivian Ministry of Health. The paper analyses information that has since become available on three major ill-health conditions in the Maldives, namely infant deaths, malaria and leprosy.
由于马尔代夫居民居住点分散，且对健康和卫生相关事务持保守态度，因此很难量化马尔代夫民众所遭受的主要健康灾难。世界卫生组织（WHO）和马尔代夫卫生部已启动项目，以提高健康和疾病数据的质量。本文分析了此后获取的有关马尔代夫三种主要健康不良状况的信息，即婴儿死亡、疟疾和麻风病。
