Injections?

Question

What Injections do I need if I am going to Africa (Like really important ones)

Answer 1

Yellow fever is mandatory, in most cases it is not to protect your health but to keep Yellow Fever out of Africa, some remote territiories require a valid vacination certificate for all travellers above one year of age, the certificate is only valid a whole ten days after the jab and will remain valid for around ten years.

Hepatitis A
• Vaccination sometimes recommended: South Africa
• Vaccination strongly advised: all other countries
Hepatitis B
• Vaccination sometimes recommended: Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland and Tunisia
• Vaccination strongly advised: all other countries
Meningitis
• Vaccination sometimes recommended: Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Namibia, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
• Vaccination strongly advised: all other countries
Typhoid
• Vaccination sometimes recommended: South Africa and Mauritius
• Vaccination strongly advised: all other countries
Rabies
• Vaccination sometimes recommended: Cape Verde, Lesotho, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
• Vaccination strongly advised: all other countries
Malaria
• Present in all countries except Lesotho, Libya, Reunion, Seychelles, Tunisia
• In the following countries malaria may be present but the risk is small and very localised so anti-malarial medication is not usually recommended: Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco.
• In other African countries the malaria risk may vary from season to season and region to region so it’s best to seek detailed advice.
Yellow fever
• Countries which presently contain infected zones (in some of these countries the actual occurrence of yellow fever is rare and/or highly localised): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRC, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
• Vaccination mandatory: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRC, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Togo.
• Vaccination usually recommended: Angola, Burundi, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda.
• Vaccination certificate required if travelling from
an infected zone: Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.

All of the other vaccines listed are optional – but often only in the sense that nobody will check to see if you are arriving with an official vaccination certificate. These vaccines are for your own protection, and the extent to which they are necessary depends on where you are going, how long you will stay, and what you will be doing when you get there. Many of the vaccines offer long-lasting protection, but some need boosting every three years or so.

Malaria protection is strongly advisable for travel to most parts of Africa. This consists of medication to combat malaria, plus measures like using insect repellents and mosquito nets to reduce the risk of being bitten by mosquitoes. There are several possible approaches to medication, and it is vital for travellers to seek individual, specialist advice.

Of course, there’s much more to staying healthy in Africa than vaccines and malaria pills. It’s very important to understand other risks as well – for example transmission of disease by food and water. Ask for advice when you receive your vaccinations from your local GP practice. They should provide you with an information pack & a comprehensive medical kit, especially if you are heading somewhere remote.

So do all this and have a lovely trip. I would advise that you have your vaccinations at least three weeks before your departure date. I hope this helps. :-)

Answer 2

We Had Yellow fever-tetnus-hepatitus B.-Polio-Typhoid-Smallpox.injections. Cholera and Malaria tablets. Best thing is to go to your doctors and they keep a list of what you will need for which country. You will have to have the jabs a few weeks before you go to give them time to settle. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I would advise seeking a dotors advise on that one. But just make sure you cover the basics for sure.

Answer 4

ask the one man who will tell you exactly >>your GP

Answer 5

tetnus...
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update all yoru shots before you go. tel your dr. where your going..he'll know what to give

Answer 6

your head to start

Answer 7

ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT, MALARIA IS ONE , TB, TETNAUS