South America
Healthcare and travel insurance in Ecuador
$509health spend per person
Healthcare in Ecuador
Good private hospitals in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca at moderate prices, but they want a card guarantee. Public care is free yet stretched; Galápagos has only basic facilities.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Travel health insurance is mandatory for Galápagos visitors and for the digital nomad visa.
- Pharmacies: Fybeca and Cruz Azul pharmacies are everywhere; antibiotics need a prescription, many other drugs don't.
- Doctors: 2.3 per 1,000 people (2020, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 911 · Ambulance 911 · Fire 911 · All emergencies 911.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- QuitoHealthcare & insurance
- Galápagos IslandsHealthcare & insurance
- CuencaHealthcare & insurance
- BañosHealthcare & insurance
- MontañitaHealthcare & insurance
- GuayaquilHealthcare & insurance
- OtavaloHealthcare & insurance
- MindoHealthcare & insurance
- VilcabambaHealthcare & insurance
- Puerto LópezHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Ecuador
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility
- Galápagos National Park Directorate
- Speedtest Global Index: Ecuador
- World Bank open data
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