Health advice per country
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Encarta MapCenter (MSN) to locate your destination on the world map. For this country the following Information is available: Senegal:
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Yellow fever:
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Vaccination against yellow fever is strongly recommended to necessary, because yellow fever occurs in this country. If you are travelling from another country, where yellow fever can occur (Africa, South America), vaccination is officially required from the age of 1 year.
http://www.who.int/ith/en/index.html - disease distribution maps.
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Malaria:
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There is a serious malaria risk.
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The intake of one of the following antimalaria tablets is necessary:
MALARONE® (1 tablet daily from 1 day before departure until 7 days after returning home) OR DOXYCYCLINE: (1 tablet daily from 1 day before departure until 4 weeks after return; sometimes it may be necessary to test the tolerance of this medication during a few days) OR LARIAM® (1 tablet once a week from 2-3 weeks before departure until 4 weeks after returning home) are the first-choice antimalaria drugs.
In order to have an effective level of LARIAM® in the blood, it is best to start taking the medication 2 to 3 weeks before departure. People who have never taken this medication before should start 2 to 3 weeks beforehand in order to deal with possible side effects (e.g. dizziness, insomnia, nightmares, agitation, inexplicable anxiety, cardiac palpitations). Lariam will not be prescribed if the doctor considers that there are contra indications (women trying to get pregnant, epilepsy, depression, or cardiac rhythm disorders for which certain medications such as beta-blockers, calcium antagonists or digitalis are taken) or unless Lariam was not tolerated on an earlier occasion. The medication should be continued for 4 weeks after returning home. If Lariam® is well tolerated, it can if necessary be taken for many months and even years.
For short trips MALARONE is generally well tolerated and is an excellent but expensive alternative. It can also be taken for several months, but is in that case an expensive choice.
DOXYCYCLINE (100 mg per day, starting the day before departure until 4 weeks after returning home or after leaving risk area). Doxycycline must be taken while sitting down, with plenty of liquid or during a meal. It can sometimes give rise to phototoxicity and fungal infections of the mouth or genitals. Doxycycline can be taken for several months.
All this should be individually discussed with your doctor or with the doctor at a travel advice centre.
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Diarrhea:
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DIARRHOEA is a frequent problem when travelling. Even when travelling in good conditions, it is not always possible to avoid it. Some advice and the correct medications from a travel pharmacy are very useful.
Please consult the general text on travellers’ diarrhoea in HOW TO TRAVEL AND STAY HEALTHY where the precautions and correct treatment are described.
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Vaccinations:
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Travelling to Africa is also a good opportunity to update the TETANUS-, DIPHTHERIA-, PERTUSSIS-, MEASLES- and POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATIONS.
Anyone travelling to Africa, regardless of the duration and the conditions of the trip, should be protected against HEPATITIS A. Vaccination against TYPHOID is always recommended for people who are travelling in not very good hygienic conditions, or who go abroad frequently or for long periods (for example for more than 2-3 weeks), even if staying in good hygienic conditions.
In a number of cases vaccination against HEPATITIS B is recommended as well. For further details see the general text on VACCINATIONS.
In specific circumstances vaccination against RABIES and MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS ACWY should also be considered.
All this should be individually discussed with your doctor or with the doctor at a travel advice centre.
http://www.who.int/ith/en/index.html - disease distribution maps
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