Yellow Fever vaccine requirements
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:30 am
The vaccine is so problematic, it is only given in Yellow Fever Vaccine Centers
there is a difference between 'required' and 'recommended'
http://www.yellowfever.com.au/vaccine.html
Yellow Fever Zones
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh ... Fever.aspx
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh ... Table.aspx
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/ ... yellow.htm
Asia & Australia
Vaccination requirements for travel
The quarantine requirements for yellow fever vaccination for international travel depend on the countries to be visited. Travellers should check with their travel agent, a travel health clinic, or the government representative in Australia of the countries in Africa or South America they intend to visit to obtain this information. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website has a guide to diplomatic representation by foreign governments in Canberra with their contact details.
Many countries, particularly those in Asia, will refuse permission to enter to any person who has recently been in a yellow fever infected country and who does not possess a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate. Some countries will only allow unvaccinated persons to enter if they agree to be vaccinated at their border. In this situation, you may not be able to ensure the sterility of the items used to administer the vaccine.
Yellow Fever is a quarantinable disease in Australia. Australia requires any person over one year of age to hold an international yellow fever vaccination certificate if, within the six days prior to their arrival in Australia, they have stayed overnight or longer in a declared yellow fever infected country in Africa or South America (see yellow fever declared places list above). This information only concerns Australian quarantine requirements. Travellers should seek medical advice on vaccination needs for their individual medical circumstances, particularly regarding the suitability of yellow fever vaccine for infants and pregnant women.
Australian travellers who do not receive the approved yellow fever vaccine from an approved vaccination centre in Australia risk being refused permission to enter many countries, or being required to accept the vaccine in a potentially unsafe manner.
Persons arriving in Australia who are required to possess a yellow fever vaccination certificate but do not, will be interviewed on their arrival by officers from the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). AQIS officers may only permit unvaccinated people to enter Australia if they agree in writing to notify health authorities if they develop any symptom of yellow fever infection in the six day period following their departure from a declared yellow fever infected place. Any person who is suspected or confirmed as having yellow fever may be placed under quarantine and provided with supportive treatment in a suitable medical facility.
If a traveller is unvaccinated and contracts yellow fever the consequences can be serious and may result in death.
The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council also publishes information in its Immunisation Handbook.
http://www.yellowfever.com.au/vaccinations.html
Vaccination Certificates
There are different types of yellow fever entry requirements. While many countries have no requirements, others may require an International Certificate of Vaccination from travellers:
* Coming from all countries to an infected or endemic zone
* Coming from countries or areas that lie in the endemic zone
* Coming from infected countries or infected areas
* Coming from countries that are maintained on a list and regarded as infected although some may not actually be infected, nor even lie in the endemic zone
there is a difference between 'required' and 'recommended'
http://www.yellowfever.com.au/vaccine.html
Yellow Fever Zones
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh ... Fever.aspx
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh ... Table.aspx
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/ ... yellow.htm
Asia & Australia
Vaccination requirements for travel
The quarantine requirements for yellow fever vaccination for international travel depend on the countries to be visited. Travellers should check with their travel agent, a travel health clinic, or the government representative in Australia of the countries in Africa or South America they intend to visit to obtain this information. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website has a guide to diplomatic representation by foreign governments in Canberra with their contact details.
Many countries, particularly those in Asia, will refuse permission to enter to any person who has recently been in a yellow fever infected country and who does not possess a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate. Some countries will only allow unvaccinated persons to enter if they agree to be vaccinated at their border. In this situation, you may not be able to ensure the sterility of the items used to administer the vaccine.
Yellow Fever is a quarantinable disease in Australia. Australia requires any person over one year of age to hold an international yellow fever vaccination certificate if, within the six days prior to their arrival in Australia, they have stayed overnight or longer in a declared yellow fever infected country in Africa or South America (see yellow fever declared places list above). This information only concerns Australian quarantine requirements. Travellers should seek medical advice on vaccination needs for their individual medical circumstances, particularly regarding the suitability of yellow fever vaccine for infants and pregnant women.
Australian travellers who do not receive the approved yellow fever vaccine from an approved vaccination centre in Australia risk being refused permission to enter many countries, or being required to accept the vaccine in a potentially unsafe manner.
Persons arriving in Australia who are required to possess a yellow fever vaccination certificate but do not, will be interviewed on their arrival by officers from the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). AQIS officers may only permit unvaccinated people to enter Australia if they agree in writing to notify health authorities if they develop any symptom of yellow fever infection in the six day period following their departure from a declared yellow fever infected place. Any person who is suspected or confirmed as having yellow fever may be placed under quarantine and provided with supportive treatment in a suitable medical facility.
If a traveller is unvaccinated and contracts yellow fever the consequences can be serious and may result in death.
The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council also publishes information in its Immunisation Handbook.
http://www.yellowfever.com.au/vaccinations.html
Vaccination Certificates
There are different types of yellow fever entry requirements. While many countries have no requirements, others may require an International Certificate of Vaccination from travellers:
* Coming from all countries to an infected or endemic zone
* Coming from countries or areas that lie in the endemic zone
* Coming from infected countries or infected areas
* Coming from countries that are maintained on a list and regarded as infected although some may not actually be infected, nor even lie in the endemic zone