{"id":5776,"date":"2019-07-02T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2020-07-07T15:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:39:56","slug":"do-you-need-a-vaccination-for-your-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/do-you-need-a-vaccination-for-your-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"DO YOU NEED A VACCINATION FOR YOUR DESTINATION?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vaccinations is a personal choice however there are some\nthat is compulsory like Yellow Fever and for which a card is issued to confirm\nthat you have been vaccinated.&nbsp; If you\ncannot show your Yellow Fever card after you have visited a high-risk area you\nstand the chance that the health authorities will probably give you one on the\nspot! I have seen this happening at Lungi Airport in Sierra Leone, so I rather\nplay safe and get the vaccination at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/30672_389833741785_6946703_n-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5794\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/30672_389833741785_6946703_n-logo.jpg 720w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/30672_389833741785_6946703_n-logo-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/30672_389833741785_6946703_n-logo-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting vaccinations depends largely on where you plan to go\nand if you plan a prolonged stay and the destination that you are going to\nvisit.&nbsp;&nbsp; Under destination this includes\nremote and poorer areas where health precautions is not as up to date compared\nto a formal five star hotel in a first world country.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Am I a high-risk traveler?&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Destination&nbsp; &#8211; Developed countries&nbsp; =&nbsp; lower risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Length of stay &#8211; Short term = lower risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location within country &#8211; Urban = lower risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type of accommodation &#8211;&nbsp; 1st class (hotel) = lower risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purpose of travel &#8211; Business = lower risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Take note that I say lowER risk so it does not exclude that you will not contract a disease!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you do next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit your local travel clinic and get advice from people\nthat know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the diseases that I can contract?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tetanus (locked jaw \/\/ klem-in-die-kaak)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a bacterial disease that affect the nevrous\nsystem.&nbsp; It is mainly contracted through\na cut or a wound that becomes contaminated with the bacteria.&nbsp; The spores are present in soil, dust and\nmanure.&nbsp; Tetanus is not transmitted from\nperson to person.&nbsp; The symptoms are headaches,\nstiffness of the neck, stiffness of the jaw and occurs about 8 days after the\ninfection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5783\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-980x735.jpg 980w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SL-028-logo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hepatitis A (jaundice \/\/ geelsug)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a viral infection of the liver and is common in\ndeveloping countries where sanitation is poor.&nbsp;\nTravellers can be infected via food and water that has been contaminated\nwith animal or human faeces.&nbsp; The common symptoms\nare yellowing of the skin, fatigue, nausea, stomach pains and fever.&nbsp; You can prevent contracting jaundice by only\ndrinking purified water and consume well-cooked food.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Typhoid Fever (dysentery \/\/ maagkoors)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is mainly spread via contaminated water and food or\ndirectly from one person to another.&nbsp; It\ncan be&nbsp; life-threatening despite\nantibiotics.&nbsp; The disease is common in\nmany developing countries of Africa and Asia, Central and South America.&nbsp; The common symptoms are a high fever (often\nover 40\u00b0C),\nheadaches, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, chills, constipation or\ndiarrhea.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can prevent contracting\nit by drinking purified water and eating well-cooked foods.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-987x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5779\" width=\"500\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-987x1024.jpg 987w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-768x797.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-980x1017.jpg 980w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo-600x622.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14.7.2011-004-logo.jpg 1314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yellow fever (geelkoors)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a deadly viral illness transmitted by mosquitoes with a\nmortality rate of up to 60% in adults.&nbsp;\nIt is endemic in specific areas of the world and there is no recognized\ntreatment yet.&nbsp; The most common symptoms\nare flu-like symptoms which can include nausea, vomiting, bleeding, abdominal\npains and jaundice.&nbsp; Vaccinations are\ncompulsory to limit the spread of the virus to non-infected countries.&nbsp; Therefore, all travelers to endemic Yellow\nFever countries need a vaccination.&nbsp; The\ngolden rule will be to avoid mosquito bites.&nbsp;\nA yellow fever injection gives you protection after 10 days and lasts\nfor 10 years.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These ones mentioned in this post are the most important once, however there are other vaccinations like rabies also available. Remember that some of the vaccines takes 2 to 4 weeks to become effective.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The responsibility lies with you to get the jabs timeously before setting out on that holiday trip.&nbsp; Happy travels and make memories!<\/p>\n<!\u2013\u2013wordoftravel Topics [\"budget.flashpacker\",\"style.overland\"] -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccinations is a personal choice however there are some that is compulsory like Yellow Fever and for which a card is issued to confirm that you have been vaccinated.&nbsp; If you cannot show your Yellow Fever card after you have visited a high-risk area you stand the chance that the health authorities will probably give you one on the spot! I have seen this happening at Lungi Airport in Sierra Leone, so I rather play safe and get the vaccination at home. Getting vaccinations depends largely on where you plan to go and if you plan a prolonged stay and the destination that you are going to visit.&nbsp;&nbsp; Under destination this includes remote and poorer areas where health precautions is not as up to date compared to a formal five star hotel in a first world country.&nbsp; &nbsp; Am I a high-risk traveler?&nbsp; Destination&nbsp; &#8211; Developed countries&nbsp; =&nbsp; lower risk&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/do-you-need-a-vaccination-for-your-destination\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1560,1734,1743,1558,1559,1556,1562,1557],"geo":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DO YOU NEED A VACCINATION FOR YOUR DESTINATION? - TRAVELBUCKET<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vaccinations is a personal choice however there are some that is compulsory like Yellow Fever and for which a card is issued to confirm that you have been vaccinated. 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