Mauritius’s public spending on health was 2.4 per cent of GDP in 2011, equivalent to US$510 per capita. In the most recent survey, conducted between 1997 and 2010, there were 11 doctors, and 373 nurses and midwives per 100,000 people. Additionally, in the period 2007-12, 98 per cent of births were attended by qualified health staff and in 2012, 99 per cent of one-year-olds were immunised with one dose of measles. In 2011 everyone was using an improved drinking water source and 91 per cent of people had access to adequate sanitation facilities. The most recent survey, conducted in the period 2000-11, reports that Mauritius has 116 pharmaceutical personnel per 100,000 people.
Medical care standards in Mauritius are high and there are several private clinics. The main hospitals in Mauritius are the A G Jeetoo Hospital in Port Louis, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital in Pamplemousses, Victoria Hospital in Quartre Bornes and Candos in the district of Plaine-Wilhems. There are also various private clinics that provide medical services. In a joint venture with British American Investment Co (Mtius) Ltd, the Apollo Hospitals Group – Asia’s largest health care group – set up the Apollo Bramwell Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital, in Moka in 2009. The Mauritius Institute of Health organises the training of health personnel and carries out health systems research. There are currently two local companies that manufacture pharmaceutical products in Mauritius. The Pharmacy Board, under the regulation of The Pharmacy Act of 1983, is responsible for regulating pharmaceutical practices. Drug utilisation studies have been undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO), various local NGOs and the University of Mauritius.
The most recent act of parliament relating to mental health in Mauritius is the Mental Health Care Act (1998). There are 0.8 mental health outpatient facilities and 54 beds in psychiatric hospitals per 100,000 people (2011).
