HEALTH
AND VACCINATION INFORMATION
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
International Certificate of
Vaccination for Yellow Fever is required upon arrival if traveling
from an INFECTED AREA.
Required also 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 in rural areas only. Except high risk in all
areas of Irian Jaya. No risk in Cities if Java and Sumatra and
no risk for the main resort areas of Java and Bali. Note: Transmission
in Indonesia (except for Irian Jaya) is largely confined to rural
areas not visited by most travelers; most travel to rural areas
of Indonesia 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.
