HEALTH
AND VACCINATION INFORMATION
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever
is required upon arrival if traveling from a country ANY PART
OF WHICH IS INFECTED and the traveler is more than 6 months of
age.
Required also of travelers arriving from 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 below 2,000 meters (6,000 feet).
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.
