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Haiti - Health : The MSSP concerned about Ebola and yellow fever 05/08/2014 12:12:09 Thus, the Ministry of Public Health and Population ask all Haitians and foreigners already living on Haitian territory to avoid unless it is absolutely essential to make travel in countries where currently plague outbreaks of Fever Ebola as Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. It is also requested that all international partners, including UN agencies, reduce turnover of their members of all types from these countries with effect from 1 August 2014. The Ministry of Health will strengthen the monitoring system and quarantine at airports of Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien and at the level of ports open to foreign trade. Against the risk of contamination by Yellow Fever, much more obvious given the presence of this disease is endemic in many countries, the Ministry of Public Health and Population ask all Haitian or foreign travelers to please make sure they are vaccinated against Yellow Fever guaranteeing their own protection and that of the entire population living in Haiti. A single dose of this vaccine provides immunity. A reminder is needed every 10 years (Source Pasteur Institute) Africa (95% of cases worldwide), mandatory vaccination for travelers leaving or coming from the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Rwanda and Togo South America, compulsory vaccination for travelers leaving or coming from South America: French Guiana. Africa, vaccination is recommended for travelers leaving or coming from the following countries: Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea (Conakry), Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Chad. South America, recommended vaccination for travelers leaving or coming from the following countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. The Ministry of Public Health, while calling the population to remain calm and follow these instructions, has the duty to reassure everyone of its strict vigilance on the epidemiological evolution of these pathologies. Other subsequent provisions are not to be excluded based on data and developments. HL/ HaitiLibre
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