Not exact matches
The
Yellow Fever vaccine is one of the
recommended travel vaccinations for babies over nine - months - old if visiting high - risk destinations, and may be considered for infants from 6 to 8 months of age if traveling to areas where risk of
Yellow Fever is the highest.
But because vaccination carries a small risk — one in 300,000 people develops full - blown
yellow fever after vaccination and another one in 100,000 develops meningitis — the government has stopped short of mandating it for everyone, instead merely
recommending it.
On January 16, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated
yellow fever vaccination recommendations for Brazil to include anyone traveling to or living in Espírito Santo, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro states, and certain cities in Bahia state, in addition to areas where vaccination had been
recommended before the recent outbreak.
The CDC
recommends malaria pills and the
yellow fever shot if you are visiting the Ecuadorian rainforest (not part of our Galapagos islands travel package); however, you should consult with your personal physician.
Certain immunisations are
recommended, like
Yellow Fever and Typhoid.