Yellow Fever Jabs

shere

I am pretty sure that you do not need Yellow Fever jabs if travelling from the UK to India (not visited a Yellow fever country ever). However the nurse at the doctors reckons you do need yellow fever jabs (she wants £38 for them). I have checked the Department of Health web site and therer are no urgent updates or anything that suggest that you need Yellow Fever jabs for India. I know if you travel from a Yellow Fever country then you do need to have them and show a certificate to prove this.

Anyone got the definitive answer.

Thanks in advance.

bongdongs

yellow fever is endemic to tropical south america and parts of Africa. It is unknown in India. I dont recall any Indian news stories or updates about this issue either.

Below is a list of countires you need yellow fever jabs for. If you need a reference google around for "travel medicine" and "yellow fever"

AFRICA
Angola Benin Burkina Faso
Burundi Cameroon Chad
Central Africa Congo Equat. Guinea
Ethiopia Gabon Gambia
Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau
Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia
Mali Niger Nigeria
Rwanda Sao Tome Senegal
Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan
Tanzania Togo Zaire
Zambia

SOUTH AMERICA
Bolivia Brazil
Colombia Ecuador
Guyana French Guyana
Panama Peru
Surinam Trinidad-Tobago
Venezuela

shere

Thanks for that answer. I have done a google before I posted and after cros checking a few sites I came to a similar conclusion as yourself. Do not know what the nurse is going on a bout unless she thinks India is in Africa.

lobo

lol yeah for sure you do NOT need yellow fever.