Medical Checks / Vaccination

If you are planning to travel to Africa, Central and South America the most important vaccination you will have to take is Yellow Fever. It is a mandatory vaccination for entry into some Africa, Central and South America countries so as soon as you have decided on the which Africa, Central and South America country you wish to travel to check which vaccinations you need to have taken prior to leaving your home country.

Countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission

AFRICA – Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

AMERICAS – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Hepatitis A transferred via water, fluids, food and from person to person

Cholera is most commonly spread through the ingestion of food and water that is contaminated by infected human faeces.

Typhoid Fever transmitted by water, fluids and food.

Rabies is transmitted by a scratch, bite…general from an animal. There is a vaccination available.

Meningitis It is transmitted from person to person by direct contact and / through coughing and sneezing.

Malaria medication based on your trip as Malaria is widespread and some strains of Malaria are chloroquine resistant.

African Sleeping Sickness is a parasitic disease transmitted by the tsetse fly. The disease is treatable, but prevention is your best option.

Bilharzia is a parasitic disease transmitted by contact with contaminated fresh water