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Travel Health - Africa travel
Travelling in Africa: vaccinations and precautions
Last updated: Monday, October 10, 2005
Country

Country

Compulsory vaccinations

Recommended vaccinations

Other precautions

Angola

Yellow fever (sometimes compulsory)

Yellow fever, 
DTP vaccination, Hepatatis A protection, cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Botswana

 

Hepatitis A, 
DTP vaccination

Malaria precautions should be taken

Burkina Faso

Yellow fever

DTP vaccination,
Hepatitis A, 
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Burundi

Yellow fever (sometimes compulsory)

DTP vaccination,
Hepatitis A,
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Chad

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination,
Hepatitis A,
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Djibouti

Yellow fever - if you're coming from a yellow fever area

DTP- vaccination,
cholera notification

Protection against Hepatitis A

Malaria precautions should be taken

Eritrea

Yellow fever - if you're coming from a yellow fever area

DTP- vaccination,
cholera notification

Protection against Hepatitis A

Malaria precautions should be taken

 

Ethiopia

Yelllow fever - sometimes compulsory

DTP- vaccination,
cholera notification

 

Protection against Hepatitis A;
Malaria precautions should be taken

Gabon

Yellow fever - sometimes compulsory

DTP - vaccination,
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Ghana

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination,
Hepatitis A,
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Ivory Coast

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

The Islands of the Cape Verde

Yellow fever if you have come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Cameroon

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Kenya

Yellow fever sometimes compulsory

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

Malaria precautions should be taken

Lesotho

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Liberia

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

 

Madagascar

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Malawi

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Mali

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Marocco

 

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Mauretania

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Mozambique

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Namibia

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Malaria precautions should be taken, especially in the winter months in the north of the country

Niger

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Nigeria

Yellow fever - sometimes compulsory

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Uganda

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Rwanda

 

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Senegal

Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Sierra Leone

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Sudan

Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Somalia

Yellow fever - sometimes vaccination is compulsory

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

South Africa

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Malaria precautions should be taken when travelling in the northern and northeastern parts of the country.

St Helena

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Swaziland

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

 

Malaria precautions should be taken

Tanzania

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Togo

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Tunisia

Yellow fever - if you come from a yellow fever area

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A

Malaria precautions should be taken

Zaire (Congo)

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Zambia

 

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

Zimbabwe

Yellow fever

DTP - vaccination
Hepatitis A
cholera notification

Malaria precautions should be taken

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