2007-03-02 06:46:25 · 5 answers · asked by kellie0702 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
BRAZIL Yes you do.
Yellow fever: A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over 9 months of age coming from infected areas, unless they are in possession of a waiver stating that immunization is contraindicated on medical grounds. Vaccination is recommended for travellers to endemic areas, including rural areas in the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins, and to others states areas where transmission risk exists including all the state of Minas Gerais and specific areas of Espirito Santo, Piaui, Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. The complete list of municipalities are available at www.saude.gov.br/svs.
Malaria: Malaria risk—P. vivax (78%), P. falciparum (22%)—is present in most forested areas below 900 m within the nine states of the “Legal Amazonia” region (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão (western part), Mato Grosso (northern part), Pará (except Belém City), Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins). Transmission intensity varies from municipality to municipality, but is higher in jungle areas of mining, lumbering and agricultural settlements less than 5 years old, than in the urban areas, including in large cities such as Pôrto Velho, Boa Vista, Macapá, Manaus, Santarém, Rio Branco and Maraba, where the transmission occurs on the periphery of these cities. In the states outside “Legal Amazonia”, malaria transmission risk is negligible or non-existent. Multidrug-resistant P. falciparum reported.
Recommended prevention in risk areas: IV.
2007-03-02 07:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends where you go, but generally you might want to get a jab for Typhoid, Tetanus/polio booster (if needed), TB & Malaria tablets (if you are going to any of the jungle areas). Yellow Fever is sometimes recommended too, though on my many visits to Brasil i've never used the latter two & i've been fine. Mind you i've never really been to the jungle areas though.
2007-03-04 15:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phone NHS direct 0845 45 45 and have a nice holiday!
2007-03-02 14:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will definately need a Hepatitus vaccination. Possibly a few others.
2007-03-02 14:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by Hippocok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I believe you need to get shots before gong
2007-03-02 14:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋