Africa
Healthcare and travel insurance in Botswana
$490health spend per person
Healthcare in Botswana
Private hospitals in Gaborone are good but want payment upfront; public hospitals face medicine shortages, and serious cases go to South Africa. Malaria in the north, November–June.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies in Gaborone, Francistown, Maun and Kasane; bring everything you need into the Delta and Kalahari.
- Doctors: 0.4 per 1,000 people (2023, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 999 · Ambulance 997 · Fire 998.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Botswana
- Botswana Tourism Organisation
- Speedtest Global Index: Botswana
- World Bank open data
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