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News Mauritius » Health: Mauritius launched the Maternal Child Health Handbook to improve Mother and Child Health

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/mauritius/news/mauritius-launched-maternal-child-health-handbook-improve-mother-and-child-health

Published on: Wednesday 24 February 2021

Port Louis. The Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Honorable Kailash Kumar Jagutpal launched the Maternal Child Health (MCH) handbook on 24 February 2021 at the Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis, in the ...

News Mauritius » Health: Mauritius is the first country to bring down type 2 diabetes burden

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/diseases-and-conditions/mauritius-is-the-first-country-to-bring-down-type-2-diabetes-burden/ar-AA2fzvTh

Published on: Sunday 18 October 2026

The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and presented by researchers from Cape Town, South Africa, at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in ...

News Mauritius » Health: WHO supports Mauritius in strengthening its National Health Security

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/mauritius/news/who-supports-mauritius-strengthening-its-national-health-security

Published on: Tuesday 02 December 2025

WHO supports Mauritius in carrying out its second Joint External Evaluation of the International Health Regulation (IHR) capacities in November 2025. By volunteering for its second JEE, Mauritius has ...

News Mauritius » Health: Mauritius: Inauguration of the New Grove Area Health Centre

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202410040534.html

Published on: Friday 04 October 2024

The Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, proceeded, yesterday afternoon, with the inauguration of an Area Health Centre in New Grove, a project funded by the Government of ...

News Mauritius » Health: Mental health in Mauritius needs a public health approach, not just a clinical one

News channel or source: https://lexpress.mu/s/mental-health-in-mauritius-needs-a-public-health-approach-not-just-a-clinical-one-561308

Published on: Thursday 06 August 2026

Mental health in Mauritius is still treated as an individual concern – handled in consulting rooms, or within the walls of our one psychiatric hospital. This is Mauritius’s greatest failure on mental ...

News Mauritius » Health: Mauritius stops Norwegian Cruise Line ship from docking, cites health risk

News channel or source: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2024-02-26-mauritius-stops-norwegian-cruise-line-ship-from-docking-cites-health-risk/

Published on: Sunday 25 February 2024

Mauritius stopped a ship belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings from docking at its ports due to what it said was a health risk and took samples from about 15 passengers who were in isolation on ...