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Other vaccine preventable risks

 The following vaccinations may be considered depending on your itinerary and planned activities. These can be discussed in more detail with one of our travel health consultants.  

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis A

Yellow Fever *

 * The Yellow Fever vaccination may be required for travel to this country. Please click on the disease name above for more information.

Malaria risk

No risk of Malaria . Tablets not required.

Non-vaccine preventable risks

• Travellers' Diarrhoea  is usually caused by eating contaminated food or drinking unsafe water.  Symptoms may be severe with frequent watery stools, thirst, dry mouth and tongue, headache and weakness. Water should always be treated when there is doubt about its cleanliness. Food that may be contaminated must be thoroughly cooked and hands washed prior to eating.

• HIV infection is spread through sexual intercourse or infected blood or blood products (e.g. through blood transfusions or the use of blood contaminated instruments such as intravenous needles). 

• West Nile Fever is contracted through mosquito bites. It has become more widely recognised in recent years. Symptoms include fever, sensitivity to light, conjunctivitis, swelling of the lymph glands and rash. Especially during summer months, travellers should take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. 

• Leishmaniasis is spread through the bite of an infected sand fly. It can cause a slowly growing skin lump or ulcer and sometimes a serious life-threatening fever with anaemia and weight loss. Infected dogs are carriers of the infection. Sand fly bites should be avoided whenever possible.