Yellow Fever Certificate

[mdiggs1]

Originally Posted by Samoi137

Wow, you gotta get a new travel agent. I went to Bamako and Timbuktu years ago and had a great time, with super friendly people, but there are obviously a lot of problems nowadays. Seriously, I assume you're going there on a job. Hopefully Bamako and not the north where the rebels are entrenched. When I worked in Mozambique, my wife could not tolerate Mefloquin but I could. Varies by individual. Of course, the recommended medicastion also varies by region. CDC CDC - Malaria - Travelers - Malaria Information and Prophylaxis, by Country says the risk is high and that the strain is Chloroquine-resistant. Recommended medicaitons listed as Atovaquone/ proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine. I imagine your employer will have info about this and other health precautions.

Nope, not job related;Just for pleasure.

The Yellow Fever certificate is all I need to get a visa, so I don't care about other vaccinations; i'm not a risk averse person.

[Samoi137]

Originally Posted by ShesOnTheMove

Of course, if you stay in a western hotel the ENTIRE time, you have fewer mossies to worry about.

But those little buggers are just waiting for you outside. We were last in Bamako in the mid-80s, when there were plenty of young French women sumbating topless around the pool (they didn't seem to worry about mossies).