5 Countries That Need Doctors in 2023

4. Togo

Physicians per 1000: 0.08

Togo has one of West Africa’s poorest healthcare systems with challenges of access and a dire lack of medical resources. Public hospitals operate in disarray as there are reports of patients dying without treatment due to shortages of beds, underequipped surgery rooms, and absent or inadequately trained staff. The Sylvanus Olympio Hospital, Togo’s largest, lacks basic first-aid equipment, and the emergency rooms are ill-equipped. Togo’s per-capita health spending in 2014 was only $72, leading to deadly consequences for treatable illnesses.