Just a heads up, our immigration authorities here in Tanzania are suddenly checking everybody for valid yellow fever cards, so anyone coming over here be sure to have it on you.

It has always been a requirement but they have been very relaxed about it the last few years, not so anymore.

Thanks!

We just got ours last week, but it never hurts to be reminded.

Don't wait until the last minute on this vaccination. Unlike many, the Yellow Fever vaccination is a live virus with a very short shelf live. The clinics will give you the rest of your shots or meds, but then you usually have to return for the Yellow vaccination. They amass a number of folks needing it, then when it arrives, all the vaccinations are given within a day or so. It's not something they can keep in stock.

Plus, the vaccination is generally not valid for travel until 10 days after you receive it.

I read this thread with great interest - because my father was a veteran of the Panama Canal construction -and fortunately never caught "Yellow Jack" (but did contract malaria) I was in Panama in 1946 -and yellow fever still was a hazard in the interior (Darien country) I,in fact, recall that on my trip to Zimbabwe (1993)hearing a rumor that yellow fever had broken out in Zambia. It chilled me. I hope that no one will pass up a vaccine -because Yellow Jack really does kill -or at least (and maybe worse) leaves the victim with the potential for a lifelong heart condition.