Date and Time: 26-06-2003 14:37 ,

Countrylist in alphabetical order.

ARGENTINA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas near Bolivian Border, Salta and JuJuy Provinces

CHOLERA
Cholera is reported in areas of the country

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

AUSTRALIA 

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 1 year of age.

MALARIA
None

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.

AUSTRIA 

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

BRAZIL

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 9 months of age.

Also required for travelers arriving from:
Africa Americas
Angola Bolivia
Cameroon Ecuador
Gambia Colombia
Guinea Peru
Kenya
Mali
Nigeria
Sudan
Zaire

Brazil recommends vaccination for travel to the rural areas of : Acre and Rondonia States; Territories of Amapa and Roraima; part of rural areas of the following states: Amazonas, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grasso, Mato Grasso do Sul, Para, Tocantins.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in Acre and Rondonia States; Territories of Amapa and Roraima; part of rural areas of the following states: Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grasso, Para, Tocantins. Resistance to chloroquine is confirmed. Travelers who will visit only the coastal states from the horn to the Uruguay border and Iguassu Falls are not at risk.

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.

CANADA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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 Travel Health Online Web Site for Canada.

CHILE

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

CHINA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever is required upon arrival if traveling from an INFECTED AREA.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas only. No risk in the northern provinces bordering Mongolia and in the western provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, Ningsia Hui Tibet, and Tsinghai.  North of latitude 33*N transmission occurs July to November; from latitude 33*N to 25*N transmission occurs May to December; south of latitude 25*N transmission occurs year-round. Travelers visiting cities and popular rural sites on usual tourist routes are generally not at risk.

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.

COSTA R ICA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas only (including tourist areas). No risk in central highlands.

CHOLERA
Cholera is reported in areas of the country

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.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
Malaria exists in Rural areas, except no risk in tourist resorts. Highest risk in provinces bordering Haiti.

CHOLERA
None

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.

ECUADOR

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.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in all provinces along eastern border and Pacific Coast. Travelers who will visit only Quito and vicinity, the central highland tourist areas, or the Galapagos Islands are not at risk.

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.

EGYPT

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 if arriving or transiting:
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

Air passengers in transit but coming from these countries without a certificate will be detained in the precincts of the airport until they resume their journey. All passengers arriving from Sudan are required to possess a vaccination certificate or a location certificate issued by a Sudanese Official center stating that they have not been in that part of Sudan south of Latitude 15N within the precending 6 days.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas of the Nile delta; the El Faiyum area; Oases and the southern part of (upper) Egypt. Travelers visiting the main tourist areas including cruises, are not at risk.

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.

FRANCE

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

GERMANY

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

GREECE

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.

MALARIA
None

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.

GUATEMALA

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 1 year of age.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas only. Except no risk in central highlands.

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 travellers 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.

IRELAND

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

ITALY

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

JAPAN

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

MALTA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over nine months of age arriving from infected areas. If indicated on epidemiological grounds, infants under nine months of age are subject to isolation or surveillance if arriving from an infected area.

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
In opposition to WHO guidelines issued in 1973, a cholera vaccination certificate may be required from travellers arriving from infected areas.

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.

MEXICO

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 6 months of age.

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas of the states of : Campeche; Chiapas; Colima; Guerrero; Michoacan; Nayarit; Oaxaca; Quintana Roo; Sinaloa; Tabasco.

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.

NEW ZEALAND

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

PERU

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 6 months of age.

Peru recommends for those who intend to visit and rural areas of the country.

CDC recommends for all travelers (from any country) more than 9 months of age who go outside urban areas

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas of the country. Traveelrs who will visit only Lima and vicinity; coastal areas south of Lima; or the highland tourist areas (Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca) are not at risk

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.

PORTUGAL

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever is required only if traveling from an INFECTED AREA and the traveler is more than 1 year of age and who are destined for the AZORES and MADEIRA

MALARIA
None

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.

RUSSIA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

SOUTH AFRICA

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 1 year of age.

Required also for 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 ares (including game parks) in the northern, eastern, and western low altitude areas of Transvaal and the Natal coastal areas north of 28 degrees south.

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.

SPAIN

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

SWITZERLAND

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

UNITED KINGDOM

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

MALARIA
None

CHOLERA
None

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.

 

USA

Health information on specific states.

 

VENEZUELA

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
None Required

However, CDC recommends for all travelers (from any country) more than 9 months of age who go outside urban areas

MALARIA
Malaria exists in rural areas, in all border states and territories, and the states of Barinas, Merida, Portugesa. 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.