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Travel information on Travel vaccinations
 
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Infection diseases account for 1 to 4 percent of deaths in travellers abroad, they are a major cause of morbidity. The conditions with which travellers to Nigeria most frequently require help are malaria, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rabies, diarrhoea, post –travel typhoid fever, infections and sunburn.

Please click on the links below for useful health information for travellers.

 


There is a huge confusion about the need for, and the timing of, travel vaccinations.
We are ideally placed to counter some of the misinformation ( or lack of advice) travellers receive from travel agents. Check our up to date information on Vaccines recommended for different countries.

COUNTRY AREA MALARIA TABLETS VACCINES
ALGERIA Very low risk, avoid mosquito bites R HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
BOTSWANA Northern half of the country between November-June Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
CONGO The whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A,TY, TD/IPV, YF,Men ACWY
EGYPT El Faiyum (Al Fayyum) area from June to October. All other areas - very low risk, avoid mosquito bites C or R HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
ETHIOPIA All areas below 2200m, except no risk Addis Ababa Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
GAMBIA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
GHANA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
KENYA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
MOROCCO Very low risk, avoid mosquito bites R HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
MOZAMBIQUE The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, Men ACWY
NIGERIA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
SENEGAL The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
SIERRA LEONE The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
SOMALIA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
SOUTH AFRICA North east, low altitude areas of Northern Province and Mpumalanga and eastern Kwazulu-Natal down to Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
  100km north of Durban. Risk present in Kruger National Park    
SUDAN The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal  
TANZANIA the Whole country (including Zanzibar and Pemba) Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
UGANDA The Whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
ZAMBIA The whole country Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV, YF, Men ACWY
ZIMBABWE Zambezi valley and Victoria Falls Mef, Dox, Mal HEP A, TY, TD/IPV
  All areas below 1200m,between November -June Mef, Dox, Mal  
  Harare and Bulawayo R