The World Health Organization (WHO) issued the latest 2012 edition of International Travel and Health report on Wednesday, saying that massive global travel exposes many people to a range of health risks, a UN spokesman told reporters here. The report “says more than 900 million international journeys are undertaken every year,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky […]

Lactation and Yellow Fever vaccine.. Here is what the scientific evidence says regarding Yellow Fever Vaccination during breast feeding. Whether this vaccine is excreted in human milk is unknown. However, at least 2 cases of yellow fever vaccine-associated neurologic disease have been documented in infants, presumably associated with breastfeeding transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus. […]

I received a related question the other day, & I am posting the same hereQuestion : “Dear Sir,Yesterdar, I along with my family and friends went for yellow fever vaccination.For being vegetarian they did egg allergy test for all of us before vaccination.One friend from our group found allergic to egg in that test and […]

It is Recommended for all areas south of the Sahara Desert.  It is not recommended for the city of Khartoum.  Also one must remember that it is required that travelers arriving from a country with risk of yellow fever transmission should take the vaccine. Source

CDC / Yellow Book Update: Yellow fever vaccine requirements for South Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Yellow Book update: South Africa, Yellow Fever vaccine requirements: February 7, 2012    Effective October 1, 2011, proof of yellow fever vaccination is required for all travelers ≥1 year of age if traveling from or transiting through […]