Oceania
Healthcare and travel insurance in Vanuatu
$143health spend per person
Healthcare in Vanuatu
Limited: Vila Central Hospital and private clinics in Port Vila, which often want cash up front. Serious cases need costly evacuation to Australia or New Zealand.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies in Port Vila and Luganville; bring regular medicines and antimalarials if heading north.
- Doctors: 0.2 per 1,000 people (2019, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 111 · Ambulance 115 · Fire 113.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Vanuatu Department of Immigration
- Vanuatu Tourism Office
- UK FCDO travel advice: Vanuatu
- Smartraveller: Vanuatu
- World Bank open data
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