Seychelles has reached the epidemiological shift from communicable to noncommunicable diseases.[1] Most communicable and infectious diseases have been controlled or eradicated. In 2014 the World Health Organization reported that the country was on target to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and had addressed some of the social determinants of health. [2]
There is free access to primary healthcare for all citizens but to access tertiary health services people travel to Kenya or South Africa and pay. There are specialized services on Mahé. There are some small private medical clinics on Mahé.[citation needed]
In 2014 there was about one doctor per 780 people and one nurse for 400 people.[4]
Hospitals
Sign outside a hospital in Seychelles
There was in 2019 one hospital and 17 Health Centers in the Seychelles.[5]
Govinden, Philip; Henderson, Juliette; Rizvi, Zia; Seth, Valentina; Shamlaye, Heather (2020). "Maternal and child health in Seychelles". NeuroToxicology. 81: 238–245. doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2020.09.011.
Shamlaye, Conrad; Davidson, Philip W.; Myers, Gary J. (2020). "The Seychelles Child Development Study: two decades of collaboration". NeuroToxicology. 81: 315–322. doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2020.09.023.
