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 from travelers
arriving from:
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
Cholera is reported in areas of the country