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yellow fever: important update

I’ve just updated the entry 10 facts about yellow fever in Brazil and made some modifications under the light of recent changes announced by the Brazilian health authorities. I’ve incorporated two major changes:

Brazil is no longer asking for an International Certificate of Vaccination Against Yellow Fever regardless of where the passenger comes from. This might [...]

10 facts about yellow fever in Brazil

In the face of continuing misinformation on the current yellow fever situation in Brazil, I’ve dedicated some time to gather together a few facts about the crisis. The following text has been written by me and it is based on reliable Brazilian sources (listed at the end of the entry). Hope it clarifies all the [...]

Yellow fever alert

UPDATE: Ten facts about yellow fever in Brazil
Yellow fever has hit the headlines once again. The Brazilian authorities have re-issued a health alert for visitors coming to Brazil and intending to visit certain regions of the country where yellow fever is endemic. The recent deaths of a handful of people in Goiania and Brasilia have [...]

Vaccines

[UPDATE: Yellow fever alert]
I am reproducing the information on vaccines that appears at the Portal Brasileño de Turismo (run by the Brazilian government).
Yellow fever vaccine
For tourists who have been in transit over the past three months, or who are coming from certain countries – Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, [...]

Disease

The biggest health problem, for which there is no preventive treatment, is dengue fever. The disease is widespread, and it is transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. In recent years, there have been massive outbreaks of dengue fever in regions of the states of Rio, São Paulo, and most recently, Mato Grosso do Sul. Typical [...]