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Mauritius had a life expectancy of 75.17 years in 2014.[1] 39% of Mauritian men smoked in 2014.[2] 13% of men and 23% of women were obese in 2008.[2]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[3] finds that Mauritius is fulfilling 72.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[4] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Mauritius achieves 94.1% of what is expected based on its current income.[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 85.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.[6] Mauritius falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 39.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[7]


Healthcare

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The Ministry of Health and Wellness is responsible for public healthcare.[8] Dr Kailesh Jagutpal is the Minister of Health and Wellness as from 12 November 2019.[9] The five regions each have their own Health Advisory Board. Healthcare, which is financed through general taxation, is free for Mauritian citizens.

Hospitals

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There were 166 medical facilities in Mauritius in 2019.[10] There are 5 five regional hospitals and three district hospitals

Hospitals in Mauritius
Name City District Comments
References
Dr. A.G. Jeetoo Regional HospitalPort LouisPort Louis DistrictRegion 1[10]
Long Mountain Community HospitalPort Louis DistrictRegion 2[10]
Flacq Regional HospitalFlacq DistrictRegion 3[10]
Jawaharnal Nehru Regional HospitalRose-BelleGrand Port DistrictRegion 4[10]
Mahebourg District HospitalMahébourgGrand Port DistrictRegion 4[10]
Souillac District HospitalSouillacSavanne DistrictRegion 4[10]
Dr. Yves Catin Community HospitalRivière Noire DistrictRegion 5[10]
Victoria Regional HospitalVacoas-PhoenixPlaines Wilhems DistrictRegion 5[10]
Queen Elizabeth District HospitalRodrigues Autonomous Region[10]
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Regional HospitalPamplemousses DistrictRegion 2, opened in 1969, largest hospital with 563 beds,
intensive care unit with 8 beds and a neurosurgical
and renal unit with 28 beds.[11]
Souillac Eye HospitalSouillacPlaines Wilhems Districtspecializes in eye surgery.
New laser equipment financed by the Teaching Eye Surgery,
Foundation was installed in 2018.[12]
Otorhinolaryngological hospitalVacoas-PhoenixPlaines Wilhems Districtclosed in December 2017 and is being rebuilt
Brown Sequard psychiatric clinicBeau Bassin-Rose HillPlaines Wilhems District
Subramaniam Bharati Moka Eye HospitalMokaMoka District
Poudre d’Or HospitalPoudre D'OrRivière du Rempart Districtspecialises in pulmonary diseases[13]
Planned Cancer HospitalVacoas-PhoenixPlaines Wilhems District[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Country Comparison: Life expectancy at birth". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  2. 1 2 ""Mauritius: health profile", World Health Organization" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Profile of Minister of Health and Wellness". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  9. ↑ "Réduit: les 24 ministres de l'alliance Morisien ont prêté serment". Le Mauricien. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.
  11. ↑ "SIR SEEWOOSAGUR RAMGOOLAM NATIONAL HOSPITAL". Electives network. 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Le New Souillac Hospital prêt à opérer 4 000 patients chaque année". Le Mauricien. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "The health system in Mauritius". ExPat. May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "The ENT hospital of Vacoas closed from this Friday". Lexpress.mu. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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