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Travel Essentials - Yellow Fever Certificate


By Jonny Blair


If you want to travel the world a Yellow Fever Certificate is compulsory for some countries. You really need to get one before you head off on your jaunts around the globe. You'll be asked for this certificate at some airports and land border crossings so take no risks. Get a yellow fever certificate before you leave to travel the world.

Before setting off on your journeys, it's important to check what injections you need. Pop to see your local travel doctor and they will assist you. Tell them where you are planning to go. In terms of getting the Yellow Fever injection here are the important things to note:

1. Some countries ask for it on border control so its better to have the certificate ready to show them rather than risk not having it and being turned away.

2. To get a Yellow Fever Injection you need to pay around $60 AU Dollars.

3. Trust exactly what your Travel Doctor has said and go with it. Don't think twice about paying for it - you need to pay for these things and staying healthy on your travels is vital to you. So head to the travel doctor, take their advice and stick with it.

4. Ensure your Yellow Certificate is valid. It needs to have a stamp and a doctor's signature on it.

5. You can only get your Yellow Fever Certificate from a recognised Yellow Fever Vaccine Centre.

6. Make sure you take your Yellow Fever Certificate everywhere you go. Carry it at all times - you never know when it will be asked for.

7. Your Yellow Fever Certificate should run for ten years.

Due to the seriousness of this subject, it's highly important that you head to your local travel doctor and check with him based on the countries you are heading to.

To ensure you have a safe and enjoyable trip it's very important to know what injections you need.

As a global nomad it's important to embrace the cultures and places you go and part of this journey is staying safe and healthy on your travels.

What exactly is Yellow Fever? - It's a dangerous disease that you don't want with symptoms including vomiting and muscle pain.

How do you get it? Like most diseases it is from an insect bite from a mosquito. Stay safe and protected.

Where is Yellow Fever a risk? Africa is at high risk and lower risk is South America and Asia.

How much does it cost to get a Yellow Fever Vaccination? - It should be somewhere between $40 and $90 US Dollars, depending on where you are in the world. Stay safe!