Yellow Fever: Top 7 Online Resources for Travelers to Brazil
Whenever you are planning a trip to Brazil, these are online resources you should check for updated information on yellow fever, including lists of states and cities in endemic areas and places where you can get vaccinated in the U.S. and in Brazil.
Accurate and updated information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with plenty of links to other important documents on the prevention of yellow fever.
Also check the CDC Yellow Book. Although it is meant primarily for health care providers, it's a useful source of information about health risks for travelers that everyone can benefit from. It is updated every two years. In chapters 4 and 5, you can find some relevant information about yellow fever and its incidence in Brazil.More »
Information about yellow fever from Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency. On their page, you will find a link to a list of Anvisa Vaccination Rooms located at Brazilian ports and airports, where travelers can get both free yellow fever vaccines and an International Certificate of Vaccination (ICV). Other Brazilian public health clinicis offer certificates that are valid only in Brazil and must be taken to Anvisa so an ICV can be issued.
The agency keeps a list, periodically updated, of accredited private clinics in Brazil where travelers can be vaccinated against yellow fever.More »
Cives is the Information Center for Travelers' Health at the Medicine Department of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Their website is updated regularly. The chart on this page has links to all the cities in each Brazilian state where yellow fever is endemic. Click on the name of each state for the list.
States that are not hyperlinks and which are marked with an asterisk are the ones where every city, including the capital, is whithin the endemic yellow fever area.More »
The World Health Organization Website posts crucial updates on yellow fever in Brazil.More »
The U.S. Department of State page about Brazil covers many important safety and health issues, including recommendations about yellow fever.More »
1. CDC
Accurate and updated information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with plenty of links to other important documents on the prevention of yellow fever.
Also check the CDC Yellow Book. Although it is meant primarily for health care providers, it's a useful source of information about health risks for travelers that everyone can benefit from. It is updated every two years. In chapters 4 and 5, you can find some relevant information about yellow fever and its incidence in Brazil.More »
2. Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa)
Information about yellow fever from Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency. On their page, you will find a link to a list of Anvisa Vaccination Rooms located at Brazilian ports and airports, where travelers can get both free yellow fever vaccines and an International Certificate of Vaccination (ICV). Other Brazilian public health clinicis offer certificates that are valid only in Brazil and must be taken to Anvisa so an ICV can be issued.
The agency keeps a list, periodically updated, of accredited private clinics in Brazil where travelers can be vaccinated against yellow fever.More »
3. Centro de Informação em Saúde para Viajantes (Cives)
Cives is the Information Center for Travelers' Health at the Medicine Department of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Their website is updated regularly. The chart on this page has links to all the cities in each Brazilian state where yellow fever is endemic. Click on the name of each state for the list.
States that are not hyperlinks and which are marked with an asterisk are the ones where every city, including the capital, is whithin the endemic yellow fever area.More »
4. World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization Website posts crucial updates on yellow fever in Brazil.More »
5. U.S. Department of State International Travel Information
The U.S. Department of State page about Brazil covers many important safety and health issues, including recommendations about yellow fever.More »
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