Africa
Healthcare and travel insurance in Tanzania
$36health spend per person
Healthcare in Tanzania
Care is limited outside Dar es Salaam, where Aga Khan Hospital is the main option; serious cases fly to Nairobi or South Africa. Malaria risk is widespread.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: NIC policy for mainland arrivals or ZIC policy for Zanzibar, bought online or on arrival
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies in towns, but stock and quality vary; bring a full kit for safari, Kilimanjaro and the islands.
- Doctors: 0.1 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: Tanzania
- Immigration Services Department, Tanzania
- NIC mandatory inbound travel insurance
- Speedtest Global Index: Tanzania
- World Bank open data
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