Mexico & Central America
Healthcare and travel insurance in Honduras
$249health spend per person
Healthcare in Honduras
Private hospitals in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula are decent; public care is underfunded and short of medicines. Roatán has clinics and a hyperbaric chamber; serious cases need evacuation.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Kielsa, Farmacias Siman and El Ahorro are widespread; many medicines are sold over the counter.
- Doctors: 0.5 per 1,000 people (2020, World Bank).
- Emergency: All emergencies 911.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Honduras
- Government of Canada travel advice: Honduras
- Aduanas Honduras traveller declaration (PECH)
- Speedtest Global Index: Honduras
- World Bank open data
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