🇹🇬 Togo Healthcare Guide
Lome has a few private clinics that provide adequate care, with Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sylvanus Olympio being the main public facility. Outside Lome, healthcare is limited to small health centres with basic capabilities. Yellow Fever vaccination is required, and having your medical summary available in French covers clinical encounters across a system where English is rarely spoken — carrying your full medication supply means you're not dependent on restocking between Lome and wherever you're headed.
Quick facts
- Emergency number: 112
- Healthcare system: mixed
- Average GP visit: $15 USD
- EHIC/GHIC accepted: No
- Language barrier: medium
Healthcare overview
Lomé has Togo’s main healthcare facilities, including the CHU Sylvanus Olympio (public) and a small cluster of private clinics. Care quality is modest by regional standards and specialist depth is limited. Outside Lomé, regional hospitals provide basic services. Having your health summary saved and accessible offline covers travel in the interior, where connectivity is intermittent. Private clinic consultations in Lomé run $20–40.
Lomé private clinics
Private clinics in Lomé offer more consistent care than public hospitals. Ask locally for current recommendations, as the landscape shifts.
Vaccinations
Required
- Yellow Fever
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Typhoid
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Meningitis
- Rabies
Prescriptions and pharmacies
Lomé’s pharmacies carry a range of French and African generic medications at accessible prices. French pharmaceutical conventions are the reference standard. Having your medication list saved in French with generic names means a Lomé pharmacist can identify available equivalents from their stock without needing to recognise unfamiliar international packaging.
French pharmaceutical reference
French drug names and conventions are the working standard in Togolese pharmacies. A French-language medication list is the most practical format.
Tips for travellers
For specialist care beyond Lomé’s capacity, Accra (Ghana, roughly 2 hours west) is the nearest city with stronger private hospital options, followed by Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Having your treatment plan saved in French or English means Accra’s English-language specialists and Lomé’s French-language teams can both review your history without translation barriers.
Accra as nearest referral hub
Accra is about 2 hours from Lomé and offers significantly stronger private hospital options for cases beyond local capacity.