How it works:
- Medical standard:
- Adequate, though public hospitals are overcrowded and under-equipped.
- Diseases to watch out for:
- Mosquito borne diseases: chikungunya, leishmaniasis, malaria, Rift Valley fever, West Nile virus
- Food and water borne diseases: travellers’ diarrhoea, typhoid, hepatitis
- Animal borne disease: avian influenza, rabies
What to do:
- Get sufficient travel insurance:
- Emergency health services can cost a bomb
- Insurers can make complex logistical arrangements to get you the best medical treatment fast
- Check out these top travel insurance comparison platforms to get the best deal that works for you
- Vaccinations to consider:
- All travellers: measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, flu shot
- Most travellers: Hepatitis A, typhoid
- Some travellers: Hepatitis B, rabies
- Prevent insect bites:
- Wear protective clothing
- Use insect repellents; insecticide treated bed/cot nets; plug-in insecticides
- Avoid wooded and bushy areas with high grass
- Food safety:
- Practise safe hygiene (e.g. washing hands with soap)
- Drink bottled water or water that has been boiled
- Avoid unpasteurised dairy products, ice cubes, uncooked and under-cooked food
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