Travelling in Africa: vaccinations and precautions
Last updated: Monday, October 10, 2005 Print
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Country |
Compulsory vaccinations |
Recommended vaccinations |
Other precautions |
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Angola |
Yellow fever (sometimes compulsory) |
Yellow fever, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Botswana |
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Hepatitis A, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Burkina Faso |
Yellow fever |
DTP vaccination, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Burundi |
Yellow fever (sometimes compulsory) |
DTP vaccination, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Chad |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Djibouti |
Yellow fever - if you're coming from a yellow fever area |
DTP- vaccination, |
Protection against Hepatitis A Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Eritrea |
Yellow fever - if you're coming from a yellow fever area |
DTP- vaccination, |
Protection against Hepatitis A Malaria precautions should be taken
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Ethiopia |
Yelllow fever - sometimes compulsory |
DTP- vaccination,
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Protection against Hepatitis A; |
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Gabon |
Yellow fever - sometimes compulsory |
DTP - vaccination, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Ghana |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination, |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Ivory Coast |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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The Islands of the Cape Verde |
Yellow fever if you have come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Cameroon |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Kenya |
Yellow fever sometimes compulsory |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Lesotho |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
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Liberia |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
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Madagascar |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Malawi |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Mali |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Marocco |
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DTP - vaccination |
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Mauretania |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Mozambique |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Namibia |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination
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Malaria precautions should be taken, especially in the winter months in the north of the country |
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Niger |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Nigeria |
Yellow fever - sometimes compulsory |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Uganda |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Rwanda
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Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Senegal |
Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Sierra Leone |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Sudan |
Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Somalia |
Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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South Africa |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination
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Malaria precautions should be taken when travelling in the northern and northeastern parts of the country. |
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St Helena |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
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Swaziland |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination
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Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Tanzania |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Togo |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Tunisia |
Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Zaire (Congo) |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Zambia |
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DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
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Zimbabwe |
Yellow fever |
DTP - vaccination |
Malaria precautions should be taken |
Information the BA Travel Centre
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