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.
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 all areas, except no risk in Aden and airport
perimeter. Resistance to Chloroquine is confirmed.
CHOLERA
Cholera is reported in areas of the country
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.
