Health in the Central African Republic

Health in the Central African Republic has been degraded by years of internal conflict and economic turmoil since independence from France in 1960.

Endemic diseases put a high demand on the health infrastructure, which requires outside assistance to sustain itself.

[5] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, the Central African Republic achieves 92.1% of what is expected based on its current income.

[7] The Central African Republic falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health; the nation is fulfilling only 29.8% of what is expected based on the resources (income) it has available.

As a member of the World Health Organization, the Central African Republic receives vaccination assistance.

[3] A study found that nearly 6 percent of CAR’s population died within 2022, four times higher than the United Nations estimate.

In the Central African Republic, the number of midwives per 1,000 live births was 3, and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women 1 in 27.

Mothers with their babies and children queued at a health clinic in Begoua, a district of Bangui , waiting for oral polio vaccine Picture from 2008. Despite progress over the past few years, medical care remains both costly and inaccessible for many families across the Central African Republic . Vaccination rates for preventable diseases stand at less than 52%, and one child in eight does not live past five years of age. [ 1 ]
Two bush ambulances in Kaga-Bandoro that have been stripped and looted by local militias.