30% women travel to other islands to give birth

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Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday reveal that 30 percent of women in the Maldives are giving birth in islands away from their homes, highlighting the long-standing issue of inadequate healthcare in the atolls. During the first quarter of this year, a total of 1,427 children were born in the Maldives, comprising 697 girls and 730 boys. The