Health in Gabon

Most of the health services of Gabon are public, but there are some private institutions, of which the best known is the hospital established in 1913 in Lambaréné by Albert Schweitzer. The hospital is now partially subsidized by the Gabonese government.

Health infrastructure

Gabon’s medical infrastructure is considered one of the best in West Africa. By 1985 there were 28 hospitals, 87 medical centers, and 312 infirmaries and dispensaries. As of 2004, there were an estimated 29 physicians per 100,000 people.

Approximately 90% of the population had access to health care services. In 2000, 70% of the population had access to safe drinking water and 21% had adequate sanitation.

Hospitals

There were 542 medical facilities in Gabon in 2019. Government and other notable hospitals are listed below.[1]

Hospitals in Gabon
Name Location Type facility Ref
George Rawiri Hospitalier RegionalLambarene, Moyen-Ogooué ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Koulamoutou Centre Hospitalier UrbainKoulamoutou, Ogooué-Lolo ProvinceCentre Hospitalier Urbain[1]
Paul Moukambi Hospitalier RegionalKoulamoutou, Ogooué-Lolo ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Mouila Hospitalier RegionalMouila, Ngounié ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Bongolo HospitalLébamba, Ngounié ProvinceHospital[2]
Makokou Hospitalier RegionalMakokou, Ogooué-Ivindo ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Agondje Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireLibreville/Owendo, Estuaire ProvinceUniversity Hospital[1]
Egypto Gabonaise Hopital CooperationLibreville/Owendo, Estuaire ProvinceHôpital Coopération[1]
Libreville Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireLibreville/Owendo, Estuaire ProvinceUniversity Hospital[1][2]
Sino Gabonaise Hopital Cooperation LibrevilleLibreville/Owendo, Estuaire ProvinceHôpital Coopération[1]
Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Omar Bongo OndimbaLibreville/Owendo, Estuaire ProvinceMilitary Hospital[2]
Port Gentil Centre Hospitalier RegionalPort Gentil, Ogooué-Maritime ProvinceRegional Hospital[1][2]
Port Gentil Hospitalier RegionalPort Gentil, Ogooué-Maritime ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Oyem Hospitalier RegionalOyem, Woleu-Ntem ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Benjamin Ngoubou Hospitalier RegionalTchibanga, Nyanga ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Tchibanga Hospitalier RegionalTchibanga, Nyanga ProvinceRegional Hospital[1]
Amissa Bongo Hospitalier RegionalFranceville, Haut-Ogooué ProvinceRegional Hospital[1][2]
Sino Gabonaise Hopital Cooperation MpassaFranceville, Haut-Ogooué ProvinceHôpital Coopération[1]
Hôpital Albert SchweitzerLambaréné, Moyen-Ogooué ProvincePrivate hospital[2]

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Health status

Life expectancy

In 2014, the CIA estimated the average life expectancy in Gabon was 52.06 years.[3]

Fertility rate

The total fertility rate has decreased from 5.8 in 1960 to 4.20 children per mother during childbearing years in 2000.

Endemic diseases

A comprehensive government health program treats such diseases as leprosy, sleeping sickness, malaria, filariasis, intestinal worms, and tuberculosis. Rates for immunization of children under the age of one were 97% for tuberculosis and 65% for polio. Immunization rates for DPT and measles were 37% and 56% respectively. Gabon has a domestic supply of pharmaceuticals from a large, modern factory in Libreville.

Maternal and child healthcare

The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Gabon is 260. This is compared with 493.5 in 2008 and 422.5 in 1990. The under 5 mortality rate, per 1,000 births is 71 and the neonatal mortality as a percentage of under 5's mortality is 36. In Gabon the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is 12 and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women 1 in 110.[4]

Ten percent of all births were low birth weight.

HIV/AIDS

The HIV/AIDS prevalence is estimated to be 5.2% of the adult population (ages 15–49).[5] As of 2009, approximately 46,000 people were living with HIV/AIDS.[6] There were an estimated 2,400 deaths from AIDS in 2009 – down from 3,000 deaths in 2003.[7]

Ebola

World Health Organization specialists and the government of Gabon took immediate action against the mid-1990s re-emergence of the Ebola

References
  1. "A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub-Saharan Africa". World Health Organization. February 11, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. "Hospitals and Clinics in Gabon" (PDF). US Embassy, Gabon. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  3. "CIA - The World Factbook Life Expectancy". Cia.gov. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  4. "The State Of The World's Midwifery". United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. CIA world factbook: HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate
  6. CIA world factbook: People living with HIV/AIDS
  7. CIA world factbook: HIV/AIDS deaths

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