HEALTH
AND VACCINATION INFORMATION
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
International Certificate of Vaccination
for Yellow Fever is required upon arrival if traveling from an
INFECTED AREA and the traveler is more than 1 year of age.
However, CDC recommends for all travelers
(from any country) more than 9 months of age who go outside urban
areas
Also required for travelers arriving
from countries in the endemic zones:
Africa Americas
Angola Kenya Belize
Benin Liberia Bolivia
Botswana Malawi Brazil
Burkina Faso Mali Colombia
Burundi Mauritania Costa Rica
Cameroon Niger Ecuador
Central African Republic Nigeria Fr. Guiana
Chad Rwanda Guatemala
Congo Sao Tome & Principe Guyana
Equatorial Guinea Senegal Honduras
Ethiopia Sudan (south of 15*N) Nicaragua
Gabon Tanzania Panama
Gambia Togo Peru
Ghana Uganda Suriname
Guinea Zaire Venezuela
Guinea-Bissau Zambia Trinidad &
Ivory Coast Tobago
MALARIA
Malaria exists throughout the year in all areas including
urban areas. Resistance to Chloroquine is confirmed.
CHOLERA
None
Further information regarding Yellow
Fever Vaccination, may be obtained by calling 1-800-VACCINE or
the U.S. Department of Health Center for Disease Control and Prevention's
(CDC) International Traveler's Hotline at (404) 332-4559 or the
CDC Fax Information Service at (888) 232-3299. Information may
also be obtained from travel medicine specialists and/or a local
or state Department of Health clinic.
For
all health requirements and recommendations travelers should check
with a local Department of Health clinic or U.S Department of
Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). Further information may be obtained from the CDC
Web Site for this Region.
