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Vaccination Needed for Tanzania Trip
Tanzania Safari Vaccination Requirements
Below we have set out what is the general guidance for Tanzania Safari Vaccination Requirements. We strongly advise you to consult with your own GP or travel clinic near you before travelling. They will have the most up to date and medically accurate information relevant to you, and should be relied upon over these Recommended Vaccinations for your African Safari.
Strongly Advised Vaccinations
- Hepatitis A – This can be spread via contaminated food and water.
- Tetanus – Tetanus is often present in the soil, and can contaminate open wounds easily. Tetanus vaccine should be used every ten years if travelling
- Typhoid – Typhoid can also be spread via contaminated food and water, and poor hygiene.
- Diphtheria – This potentially fatal disease is spread mainly via spit, but occasionally through contact with cuts on the skin
- Yellow Fever – This can be contracted by being bitten by a contaminated mosquito. This vaccination is not essential if you are arriving directly in Tanzania. You do need it though if you plan to arrive through any country that is subject to yellow fever. Simply stopping over at an airport in an affected country should not require vaccination, but leaving the airport even briefly would make it necessary.
Sometimes Advised Vaccinations
- Hepatitis B – This illness is spread via contact with blood or bodily fluids. It is many, many times more virulent than HIV/AIDS. Some 8% of the population of Tanzania is believed to carry the virus.
- Rabies – Rabies is spread via contact between the saliva of any infected animal and an open wound (including bites, but also licking existing wounds). Rabies is fatal unless treated, and treatment of an unvaccinated rabies patient can be very difficult in many parts of Tanzania.
- Tuberculosis – TB is generally contracted through inhaling airborne sputum.
- Cholera – Cholera is spread via contaminated food and water, and poor hygiene.
- Measles – This disease is spread through inhaling sputum
Kilimanjaro Vaccinations
If you want to climb Kilimanjaro it is necessary to get certain vaccinations. They include vaccination against Hepatitis A and B, rabies, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, typhoid, and yellow fever. You will also need to have a general medical exam to make sure there are no other issues that may cause problems while climbing. It is also important for you to get trekking and travel insurance.
To Summarize, these are vaccinations you should get
- Rabies
- Typhoid
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Polio
- Yellow Fever
