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.
ALSO required
from 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 Sabah (NE Borneo). Note: Malaria
transmission in Malaysia (except Sabah) is largely confined to
rural areas not visited by most travelers. Most travel to rural
areas is during daytime hours, when the risk of exposure is minimal.
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.
