DATE
June 12 - 16, 2011
VENUE
International Conference Centre
Arusha, Tanzania
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Health
Health guidelines for travel to Tanzania:
Please visit the CDC website for more information about health issues related to your travel to Tanzania.
Malaria
In Tanzania, all areas at altitudes <1,800 m (<5,906 ft) are prone to Malaria. Arusha is at 1200 m.
Ways to prevent malaria include the following:
- Taking a prescription antimalarial drug
- Using insect repellent and wearing long pants and sleeves to prevent mosquito bites
- Sleeping in air-conditioned or well-screened rooms or sleeping under mosquito nets
All of the following antimalarial drugs are equal options for preventing malaria in Tanzania:
Atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine
For detailed information about each of these drugs, see Table 2-23: Drugs used in the prophylaxis of malaria. For information that can help you and your doctor decide which of these drugs would be best for you, please see Choosing a Drug to Prevent Malaria.
Note: Chloroquine is NOT an effective antimalarial drug in Tanzania and should not be taken to prevent malaria in this region.
To find out more information on malaria throughout the world, you can use the interactive CDC malaria map. You can search or browse countries, cities, and place names for more specific malaria risk information and the recommended prevention medicines for that area.
Yellow fever
All travelers coming from endemic countries are required to produce evidence of yellow fever vaccination. Vaccination should be given 10 days before travel and at 10 year intervals if there is on-going risk.
This travel requirement does not apply to those travelers coming from non-endemic countries.
Travelers from non-endemic countries traveling through endemic countries are subject to yellow fever vaccination ONLY IF they stay outside the Airport or have a long connection up to twelve hours.
Note: If you are traveling to Arusha from a surrounding country (e.g. arriving in Nairobi and taking the shuttle to Arusha City) you may need to certify that you have been vaccinated against yellow fever as well.
Download a letter from Tanzanian's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare stating clearly what your obligations are regarding Yellow fever vaccination. We suggest you print this letter and carry it with you to present to immigration officers if necessary.
We strongly recommend that you Travel with your Immunization records
Routine vaccinations
Be sure your routine vaccinations are up-to-date. Check the links below to see which vaccinations adults and children should get.
Routine vaccines, as they are often called, such as for influenza, chickenpox (or varicella), polio, measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), and diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) are given at all stages of life; see the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and routine adult immunization schedule.
Travel insurance
Check your insurance to make sure that you are covered while on your trip to Tanzania. If you do not have travel insurance, we strongly recommend that you purchase a temporary travel insurance for the duration of your trip.
