Lists of hospitals in Africa
These are lists of hospitals for each country in Africa.
Sovereign states
In 2018, Nigeria had the largest number of hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, with 879. Other countries in this region with large numbers of hospitals include Democratic Republic of Congo (435), Kenya (399) and South Africa (337).[1]
The following list shows links to Lists of healthcare and hospital articles where they exist in Wikipedia and categories for hospitals in sovereign states in Africa. The numbers in parentheses are the numbers of current articles in the category for hospitals in each state.
| Country (Healthcare link) |
List of hospitals |
Category (# articles) |
# medical facilities[2] |
Population (1,000)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | List | (6) | 313[4] | 43,000 |
| Angola | List | (2) | 1,575 | 24,383 |
| Benin | List | (1) | 819 | 10,009 |
| Botswana | List | (18) | 624 | 2,025 |
| Burkina Faso | List | (1) | 1,721 | 18,451 |
| Burundi | List | (1) | 665 | 9,824 |
| Cameroon | List | (7) | 3,061 | 21,918 |
| Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) | List | (0) | 66 | 492 |
| Central African Republic | List | (0) | 555 | 3,859 |
| Chad | List | (0) | 1,283 | 11,040 |
| Comoros | List | (0) | 66 | 806 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | List | (5) | 14,586 | 102,561 |
| Republic of the Congo | List | (0) | 328 | 3,697 |
| Djibouti | List | (0) | 66 | 865 |
| Egypt | List | (8) | 101,334 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | List | (0) | 47 | 1,222 |
| Eritrea | List | (0) | 269 | 6,536 |
| Eswatini (Swaziland) | List | (1) | 135 | 1,119 |
| Ethiopia | List | (10) | 5,215 | 109,224 |
| Gabon | List | (2) | 542 | 1,802 |
| The Gambia | List | (1) | 103 | 1,882 |
| Ghana | List | (30) | 1,960 | 31,072 |
| Guinea | List | (4) | 1,746 | 10,628 |
| Guinea-Bissau | List | (2) | 8 | 1,531 |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | List | (0) | 1,792 | 22,671 |
| Kenya | List | (17) | 6,146 | 53,771 |
| Lesotho | List | (0) | 117 | 1,894 |
| Liberia | List | (5) | 740 | 3,477 |
| Libya | List | (2) | 5,298 | |
| Madagascar | List | (2) | 2,677 | 22,434 |
| Malawi | List | (9) | 648 | 16,833 |
| Mali | List | (0) | 1,478 | 14,529 |
| Mauritania | List | (9) | 645 | 3,719 |
| Mauritius | List | (0) | 166 | 1,261 |
| Morocco | List | (3) | 37,035 | |
| Mozambique | List | (4) | 1,579 | 28,013 |
| Namibia | List | (8) | 369 | 2,281 |
| Niger | List | (4) | 2,886 | 17,139 |
| Nigeria | List | (50) | 20,807 | 206,140 |
| Rwanda | List | (7) | 572 | 10,516 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | List | (1) | 50 | 202 |
| Senegal | List | (0) | 1,347 | 14,355 |
| Seychelles | List | (0) | 18 | 91 |
| Sierra Leone | List | (9) | 1,120 | 6,348 |
| Somalia | List | (7) | 879 | 22,317 |
| South Africa | List | (10) | 4,303 | 59,957 |
| South Sudan | List | (4) | 1,747 | 8,260 |
| Sudan | List | (5) | 272 | 42,268 |
| Tanzania | List | (24) | 8,497[5] | 59,734 |
| Togo | List | (1) | 207 | 6,191 |
| Tunisia | List | (2) | 10,983 | |
| Uganda | List | (117) | 3,792 | 45,741 |
| Zambia | List | (5) | 1,263 | 15,474 |
| Zimbabwe | List | (15) | 1,236 | 13,061 |
States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories
- Canary Islands List (Category 5) (Spain)
- Ceuta List (Autonomous City of Spain)
- Melilla List (autonomous region of Spain)
- Madeira List (autonomous region of Portugal)
- Mayotte List (France)
- Réunion List (France)
- Saint Helena hospital List (United Kingdom), one small 54-bed hospital[6]
- Ascension Island List (United Kingdom)
- Tristan da Cunha List (United Kingdom), no hospitals, only one doctor
- Western Sahara (disputed territory, partially controlled by Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)[7]
- Zanzibar (Autonomous Region of Tanzania), List 145 medical facilities
See also
- Lists of hospitals in Asia
- Lists of hospitals in Europe
- Lists of hospitals in North America
- Lists of hospitals in Oceania
- Lists of hospitals in South America
References
- ^ Ouma, Paul (September 13, 2018). "People across Africa have to travel far to get to a hospital. We worked out how far". The Conversation.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub-Saharan Africa". World Health Organization. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ See List of African countries by population for details.
- ^ "Mohamed L'Hadj – Director General of Health Services and Hospital Reform, Algeria". Pharma Boardroom. September 24, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "HFR WEB PORTAL - SummaryAndTables Facilities". hfrportal.moh.go.tz. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "Useful info". St Helena Tourism. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ "Recortes de prensa de la inauguración del Hospital "Navarra" en Tifariti. 1999" (in Spanish). LEFRIG (Centro de Documentación y Museo de la Resistencia del Pueblo Saharaui y la Solidaridad Internacional). 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "Refugiados Saharauis: instalación fotovoltaica en el Hospital Navarra de Tifariti" (in Spanish). ANARASD. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "Reinforcement of human resources at the Laâyoune regional hospital". Liberation. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Laâyoune: The four patients at Covid-19 in "stable condition"". Diplomatique Moroc. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- "Hospitals in Africa". University of Pennsylvania Africa Studies Center. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Elahi, Ebby, ed. (2021). Insights in Global Health, A Compendium of Healthcare Facilities and Nonprofit Organizations. Baca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367693466.
External links
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