Country reports presented at Tropical Community Healthcare and Research 2015, at Khon Kaen University, Thailand on 8th July 2015 by members of 13 countries.

2. Located 2000km to the
south eastern coast of
Africa and 900 kms
East to Madagascar.
The main island covers
an area of 1,865 km2 with
330 km of coastline.
The Republic also
includes the islands of St
Brandon (an uninhabited
archipelago comprising a
number of sand-banks,
shoals and islets),
Rodrigues (108 km2) and
the Agalega Islands (26
km2).

3. Discovered by Arab and Portuguese sailors
First inhabitants – the Dutch…extermination of the Dodo
Colonization by the French until 1810…Slaves brought
to work in the island
Colonization by the British for the next 158
years…abolition of slavery in the 1830s, advent of
indentured laborers and free immigrants.
It was finally proclaimed Independent in 1968.

4. Trivia
• The dodo was a
medium-large sized
flightless bird that was
discovered on the
Island of Mauritius in
the 1590s.
• Was hunted by the
Dutch sailors and their
domesticated animals.
• Was declared extinct
less than a century
later, in 1681.
• It is still the national
bird of Mauritius.

6. 1,331,155 (July 2014 est.) including
Rodrigues and the outer islands.
Languages -Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%,
French 3.4%, English (official),other 3.7%,
unspecified 0.3%.
Ethnic Groups -Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole
27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian
2%

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8. FAUNA E FLORA

9. MAURITIUS BOTANICAL GARDEN

11. Economic Indicators
Income level (by per capita GNI) – Upper Middle Income
Public debt 58% of GDP (2013 est.)
Inflation rate 3.5% (2013 est.)

12. SUGAR1970
Monocrop
Economy
TEXTILE
SUGAR
TOURISM
1980
Manufacturing
& Tourism
TEXTILE
SUGAR
TOURISM
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
FREEPORT
1990
Manufacturing
& Services
Economy
TEXTILE
SUGAR
TOURISM
FINANCIAL SERV.
ICT / BPO
REAL ESTATE
SEAFOOD/
AQUACULTURE
KNOWLEDGE
HEALTH
ENERGY
2000
Business
Platform
Economic Trajectory

13. Sector Break up

14. Free education to its citizens from pre-
primary to tertiary levels. Since July 2005,
the government also introduced free
transport for all students.
Education expenditures 3.5% of GDP (2012)
School life expectancy
Total
16 years
Literacy rate 88.8%

15. Health care in
Mauritius is
free of charge
at all levels of
care.

16. People
Population 1,331,155 (July 2014 est.)
Population Growth Rate 0.66% (2014 est.)
Total Dependency Ratio 39.822 % of working-age population (2013)
Urban Population 41.8% of total population (2011)
Infant Mortality Rate 10.59 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth 75.17 years
Death rate 6.85 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.77 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Maternity mortality rate 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Contraceptive prevalence rate 75.8% (2002)
Health expenditures 5.9% of GDP (2011)
Drinking water source 99.8% of population
Sanitation facility access 90.8% of population
Population statistics

17. 35%
26%
19%
12%
8%
% Deaths
Diabetes Mellitus
Heart diseases
Cancer & other neoplasms
Cerebrovascular diseases
Hypertensive diseases
Top 5 causes of deaths

18. • Mauritius is ranked 15th in the
world for diabetes prevalence.
• World rank in total no of deaths
due to DM-1
• Nearly 1 out of 2 Mauritians in the
25-74 age bracket has either
diabetes or impaired glucose
tolerance.(NCD 2009)
• Nearly 47% of patients have an
HbA1c of ≥9(NCD Survey 2009)
• Around 5-10% of total health care
costs in Mauritius in the treatment
of diabetes
Diabetes in
Mauritius

21. Specialized
hospitals
Regional
hospitals
District Hospitals
Urban & rural health centers
Cardiac, Chest, ENT,Eye,Psychiatry
5 regional hospitals
2 district hospitals
2 community hospitals, 4
medi clinics,19 AHCs, 116
CHSs

23. Mediclinics
Community hospitals
District Hospitals

24. REGIONAL PUBLIC HOSPITAL
SPECIALIZED HOSPITALS

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