Maldives travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Maldives, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Maldives: Maldives.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Tetanus up to date
Emergency number
102 for an ambulance, 119 for police
Care for visitors
Limited
Resorts have a nurse or a visiting doctor and little else. ADK and Tree Top hospitals in Malé are decent, and there is a recompression chamber for diving injuries. Anything major means an evacuation flight to India or Sri Lanka. The distances between islands are the real problem, not the standard of care.
Divers should confirm their insurance covers the chamber and an air evacuation. Dengue occurs. Sun and dehydration cause more trouble than anything infectious.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
