Yellow fever

Glad

I am going on the classic safari in September and my doctor has given me a waiver for the yellow fever vaccination. Do you think this will pose a problem?

British

Why the waiver? A couple of people have reported being asked to show they had the shot on this forum this past couple of months.

cantraveller

The reason for the waiver ss some people can not take the yellow fever shot due to alergies. My sister did not have a problem using this when we went. As long as you fly through Amesterdam you should have no problem
Gary

mcpats

My husband and I have been on this trip in the past and we were asked to present proof of inoculation for Yellow Fever at the Kenyan border. A waiver might work in Amsterdam but I am not sure it would work in Kenya.

British

I was not going to bother posting again on this topic, but I know for a fact people this season have been asked at the border for proof, read the other posts on this. Tauck is not responsible if you do not have the correct documentation, never mind if you arrive during a Yellow fever outbreak and they wont let you in without giving you s vaccine, I believe they can ask you to wait, I think it's about eight days before they let you in for it to take effect. you can take the risk of these possibilities, but you need to know about it.

Ronable

British wrote:

I was not going to bother posting again on this topic, but I know for a fact people this season have been asked at the border for proof, read the other posts on this. Tauck is not responsible if you do not have the correct documentation, never mind if you arrive during a Yellow fever outbreak and they wont let you in without giving you s vaccine, I believe they can ask you to wait, I think it's about eight days before they let you in for it to take effect. you can take the risk of these possibilities, but you need to know about it.

My wife and I are going on this trip shortly, and have been inoculated for yellow fever, among other things. But we don't have any documentation from our doctor re this. What sort of proof of inoculation do the authorities in Africa require?

British

Your doctor should have given you a special yellow card

Ronable

Wallet sized, I presume? Or to fit in one's Passport book, or ???

joycesw

It is a yellow fold-out that fits inside your passport. It is called an International Certificate of Vaccination (by the World Health Organization). You MUST have proof (or the exemption letter) of receiving the innoculation. . We came through Nairobi, and they stopped us at the terminal door in Arusha and asked for documentation. I can't understand why your doctor did not give you the proper documentation.

Ronable

Thanks! He just got certified to give Yellow Fever vaccinations, so he's new to this. But one would expect the yellow card to be part of the training he went through.

Merlin321

I have an information sheet from the CDC on Yellow Fever that I was given when we got the vaccine. It states, "If you plan to use a waiver, you should also contact the embassy of the countries you plan to visit for more information." The CDC lists Kenya as risk of Yellow Fever. I would think that you should probably call the embassy and see what they say. Maybe you can get an email or letter from the embassy which would smooth any problem you might have with the waiver letter.

British

Yikes, I would hate to arrive in Kenya and be refused entry because I had not had the Yellow fever vaccine.

Irenen

Like others here, we had to show our proof of vaccinations before we were allowed into the terminal building after alighting the plane in Nairobi, on our Tauck trip to Kenya and Tanzania 2 years ago. You might have issues if you don't have the vaccinations, apart form the health risks.

Sealord

If you are not willing or able to get the 'appropriate' vaccinations, don't go. If you are not willing to accept a small amount of risk, don't go. We had to sign six waiver of liability forms during our trip. We had to sign one just to stay in the Four Seasons, because there is no fence protecting against access by wild animals ... and there were animals on the property. After dark we were escorted to our rooms. We never felt in any danger, however, standing twenty feet from two Rhinos was pretty exciting. We did have one guest who tried to climb on to the roof of the safari vehicle while we were observing a lion, and our guide calmly explained how happy the lion would be to help him off the top of the vehicle. By the way, we had been briefed not to do that ... climb out of the vehicle. (;-)

jdurkin

Sealord wrote:

By the way, we had been briefed not to do that ... climb out of the vehicle. (;-)

But you know, some people are invincible … and they know everything. Think what a photo op that would have been, though! Citizen reportage at its zenith!

Cheers,

Jan

Sealord

jdurkin wrote:

But you know, some people are invincible … and they know everything. Think what a photo op that would have been, though! Citizen reportage at its zenith!

Cheers,

Jan

Yup. His name started with Dr.

There would have been some great pictures!

It also occured to me: If you were going to West Africa, and there was an ebola vaccine, would you get it?

Well, this trip goes to Kenya which is a yellow fever area. Personally, even if they would allow me to travel there without it, would I go without it ... ? Our health professional actually tried to talk us out of getting it not because of allergies, but just because 'older' people sometimes have a bad reaction to it. We got the shots in a hospital and just hung around for a while. No reaction. I actually think I had that vaccine before I went to Vietnam, which is not even a yellow fever area, but I had no record of it.

AlanS

3-3/4" X 6" . Multi-page fold-out.



There is a newer version than this one.

My very old version (Rev. 9-69) has pages for the following Vaccination/re-vaccinations. Each landscape page has two panels):

1 page for Smallpox
1 page for Yellow Fever
2 pages for Cholera
1 page for Other Immunizations (Typhus, Typhoid, Plague, Polio, Tetanus, Flu, hep a & b, etc.

When I go to the travel clinic, I'll find out if they will update it or make me a new one.

JoWeber

Yes, I went to south Africa, Botswana and Zambia last year and they checked every single one of us at the airport!
Very important!!!!!!

jdurkin

Sealord wrote:

Yup. His name started with Dr.

Absolutely. Some of the dumbest people I've ever met have had the label Doctor. They might be brilliant at their own discipline but throw them off the deep end and you get just dumber and dumber. I guess it is all down to natural selection, really.