Vaccinations
It is mandatory to present certificates of vaccinations against poliomyelitis for children between the ages of three months and six years.
Those who have been in the following countries up to three months before traveling to Brazil should present international certificates of vaccination against yellow fever: Angola, Benin, Bissau Guinea, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guiana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda or Venezuela.
Vaccinations against yellow fever are recommended for those who visit the following Brazilian states: Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Federal District, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para, Rondonia, Roraima and/or Tocantins.
It is important to note that vaccinations against yellow fever take ten days to produce an effect. |
