To travel the world with the correct precautions and health awareness you really need to get your Yellow Fever Certificate. It is compulsory for some countries and comes in extremely handy, not just for your own safety but for laws within each countries. It is strongly recommended to get this vaccination before heading to Africa and parts of Asia.
Head to your local travel doctor to find out exactly what injections you need before setting off on your journeys. They will know exactly what is needed based on the countries you will visit. Here are the important things you will need to be aware of for getting your Yellow Fever injection:
1. You WILL get asked for it entering some countries. Be prepared for this - better to be safe than sorry (yes, I know you could make up a story that you have one and lost the certificate - but seriously why take the risk?? This is a disease we are talking about!)
2. To get a Yellow Fever Injection you need to pay around $60 AU Dollars.
3. Trust travel Doctors - when I'm heading to a new country and I am not sure if I am covered or not, I go to the doctor and don't think twice about paying for the injections. This is my style and you don't have to follow it - but generally I don't take any risks with it. The reason I trust them is it's their job. If someone asks me something as a travel writer, I expect them to trust me as it's my job. I ought to know about it, and a doctor should know about vaccinations for different countries. You can do what research you want online, BUT I don't generally trust it - I go to a doctor. The information sections in Lonely Planet books are also useful.
4. Your Yellow Fever Certificate needs to have an official stamp and a doctor's signature on it. I have attached a photo of my stamp above.
5. The only place you can get a Yellow Fever Certificate is from a proper Yellow Fever Approved Vaccine Centre.
6. Carry it with you everywhere you go - I say this again from self experience as I'm a tad nomadic - I might arrive in a country that you don't need the Vaccine, then suddenly take the urge to visit the neighbouring one.
7. Your Yellow Fever Certificate should run for ten years.
Due to the seriousness of this subject, it's highly important that you head to your local travel doctor and check with him based on the countries you are heading to.
It's really worth getting to keep you safe on your journeys!
As a traveller don't take the risk of visiting Africa and SOuth America etc. without your Yellow Fever Certificate.
What is Yellow Fever? - A deadly disease which has symptoms such as fever, chills and muscle pain.
How do you get it? Like most diseases it is from an insect bite from a mosquito. Stay safe and protected.
Where is Yellow Fever a risk? Africa is at high risk and lower risk is South America and Asia.
How much does it cost to get a Yellow Fever Vaccination? - It should be somewhere between $40 and $90 US Dollars, depending on where you are in the world. Stay safe!
Head to your local travel doctor to find out exactly what injections you need before setting off on your journeys. They will know exactly what is needed based on the countries you will visit. Here are the important things you will need to be aware of for getting your Yellow Fever injection:
1. You WILL get asked for it entering some countries. Be prepared for this - better to be safe than sorry (yes, I know you could make up a story that you have one and lost the certificate - but seriously why take the risk?? This is a disease we are talking about!)
2. To get a Yellow Fever Injection you need to pay around $60 AU Dollars.
3. Trust travel Doctors - when I'm heading to a new country and I am not sure if I am covered or not, I go to the doctor and don't think twice about paying for the injections. This is my style and you don't have to follow it - but generally I don't take any risks with it. The reason I trust them is it's their job. If someone asks me something as a travel writer, I expect them to trust me as it's my job. I ought to know about it, and a doctor should know about vaccinations for different countries. You can do what research you want online, BUT I don't generally trust it - I go to a doctor. The information sections in Lonely Planet books are also useful.
4. Your Yellow Fever Certificate needs to have an official stamp and a doctor's signature on it. I have attached a photo of my stamp above.
5. The only place you can get a Yellow Fever Certificate is from a proper Yellow Fever Approved Vaccine Centre.
6. Carry it with you everywhere you go - I say this again from self experience as I'm a tad nomadic - I might arrive in a country that you don't need the Vaccine, then suddenly take the urge to visit the neighbouring one.
7. Your Yellow Fever Certificate should run for ten years.
Due to the seriousness of this subject, it's highly important that you head to your local travel doctor and check with him based on the countries you are heading to.
It's really worth getting to keep you safe on your journeys!
As a traveller don't take the risk of visiting Africa and SOuth America etc. without your Yellow Fever Certificate.
What is Yellow Fever? - A deadly disease which has symptoms such as fever, chills and muscle pain.
How do you get it? Like most diseases it is from an insect bite from a mosquito. Stay safe and protected.
Where is Yellow Fever a risk? Africa is at high risk and lower risk is South America and Asia.
How much does it cost to get a Yellow Fever Vaccination? - It should be somewhere between $40 and $90 US Dollars, depending on where you are in the world. Stay safe!
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