Some of these countries demand a yellow fever certificate from travellers as a condition of entry to their country. Many of these, and other countries, will ask you for a certificate if you are entering from an infected country.
Your travel agent should inform you if you need a certificate when you are booking your holiday or flight. You can double check if in doubt with your local yellow fever vaccination centre.
This map
shows in red the approximate distribution of the 'infected zones'.
In Africa
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia
In America
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,
French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.
Exceptions
Some countries do not exactly
follow these World Health Organisation guidelines
- Belize is considered endemic by Bangladesh, Egypt and Guyana
- Costa Rica is considered infected by Bangladesh.
- Djibouti is considered endemic by Guinea-Bissau.
- Honduras, Nicaragua and Equatorial Guinea are considered endemic by Bangladesh,
- Equatorial Guinea is considered endemic by Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and India.
- Malawi is considered endemic by Bangladesh
- Mauritania is considered endemic by Bangladesh and Guinea Bissau.
