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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
Rabies
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
There is generally no risk of Malaria unless the illness was contracted prior to entering the country.
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).
- Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) is spread through the tsetse fly found south of the Sahara and north of the Zambesi river. A simple boil like reaction may occur at the site of the bite, followed by generalised rash, fever and progressive neurological symptoms. Travellers to these areas should be aware of the risk and avoid contact with infected flies where possible.