Special Health Precautions
Special Precautions
No inoculations for smallpox, cholera or yellow fever are required unless you are coming from an infected area. This could change and you should check with the Mozambique Embassy when you obtain your visa. However, travel clinics generally recommend that visitors should take precautions against yellow fever, cholera, tetanus, diphtheria, polio, typhoid, smallpox, malaria and hepatitis A, particularly if you will be in the country for more than three weeks. If you are staying in lodges which have a good supply of water you should not encounter these problems.
Certificates Required
Yellow Fever - No
Cholera -
Yes
Typhoid and Polio - N/A
Malaria - N/A
1. A
yellow fever vaccination certificate is required of travelers over one
year of age arriving from countries with infected areas.
2.
Following WHO guidelines issued in 1973, a cholera vaccination
certificate is not a condition of entry to Mozambique. However, cholera
is a serious risk in this country and precautions are essential. The
last major outbreak was in March 2004. Up-to-date advice should be
sought before deciding whether these precautions should include
vaccination, as medical opinion is divided over its effectiveness.
3.
Immunization against typhoid and poliomyelitis is often advised.
4.
Malaria risk exists throughout the year, particularly in the north. The
predominant falciparum strain is reported to be highly resistant to
chloroquine and resistant to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. Travelers should
bring a mosquito net. The recommended prophylaxis is mefloquine.
