Facilities and Health Information:
Medical care is substandard throughout Moldova, including in Chisinau. If you are sick or injured, try to go to Western Europe for treatment. In an emergency, try to contact the local ambulance service. Hospital accommodations are inadequate, technology is not advanced, and there may be shortages of routine medications and supplies. Elderly travelers and those with existing health problems may be at particular risk. The U.S. Embassy maintains a list of medical facilities and English-speaking doctors, but cannot endorse any doctors.
If you take prescription or over-the-counter medications, you should bring an extra supply with you. Pharmacies are not always stocked to Western standards, products are not always labeled in English, and poor quality and/or counterfeit medications have been reported.
Drinking Water Source - % of rural population improved"
93.7%
Drinking Water Source - % of total population unimproved:
3.5%
Drinking Water Source - % of urban population improved:
99.5%
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4%
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population:
6.2
People Living with HIV/AIDS:
12,000
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population:
3.64
Sanitation Facility Access - % of total population unimproved:
13.3%
Sanitation Facility Access - % of urban population improved:
89.2%
Sanitation Facitlity Access - % of rural population improved:
84.4%