Polio is an infection caused by a virus. Thanks to vaccination campaigns worldwide, the disease is almost eradicated, except in a few countries.
To avoid the virus spreading from these countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has imposed some extra preventive measures.
- All travelers (of all ages) staying more than 4 weeks in countries where WPV1, cVDPV1 or cVPDP3 exist, with risk of international diffusion, have to be vaccinated against polio. This vaccine has to be administered at least 4 weeks and maximum 12 months before leaving one of these countries. Administration of the vaccine has to be documented in the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (on the pages 4 and 5 reserved for mandatory vaccines):
- Afghanistan (WPV1)
- Malaysia (cVDPV1)
- Pakistan (WPV1)
- Philippines (cVDPV1)
- Yemen (cVDPV1)
- For all travelers staying more than 4 weeks in one of the following countries with risk of cVDPV2, with risk of international diffusion, this supplementary vaccine is recommended but not obliged. This concerns the following countries:
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea (Conakry)
- Ivory Coast
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Togo
- Zambia
Possible vaccines
- Imovax® Polio
- Revaxis®
- Boostrix-Polio®
- Tetravac®
- Infanrix-IPV ®
- Hexyon®
- Infanrix-Hexa ®
Links
- International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis
- Polioeradication.org
- Complete WHO report - polio committee
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