Oceania
Healthcare and travel insurance in French Polynesia
—health spend per person
Healthcare in French Polynesia
Papeete's Taaone hospital (CHPF) and private clinics are good; outer islands have basic clinics, with evacuation to Tahiti. EHIC/GHIC don't apply and costs are at French levels.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: French-style pharmacies (green cross) on the main islands; remote atolls have few or none, so bring your own medicines.
- Doctors: 1.7 per 1,000 people (2000, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 17 · Ambulance 15 · Fire 18.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: French Polynesia
- Smartraveller: French Polynesia
- Tahiti Tourisme
- France-Visas
- World Bank open data
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