Costa Rica

Throughout its history, Costa Rica had devoted the lion’s share of its resources to two specific areas: education and health. For this reason it has an extensive infrastructure given entirely over to preventive and curative medicine. Both private and state efforts converge on this matter and the responsibility for health care falls for the most part on the Costa Rica social security and welfare system, an autonomous state institution which, together with the Ministry of Health, looks after all inhabitants of the republic. The country has modern bio-medical equipment as well as professional medical and paramedical technicians of the highest standing and with great experience, all of which provides Costa Rica with an enviable position in health matters. The country has its own medical schools which are internationally recognized for their quality – a guarantee for the training and availability of proper human resources for the growing needs of the nation.