Travel clearance / health

TRAVEL HEALTH INFORMATION

Travel Health Information for UN Personnel

All UN personnel should check with the destination countries’ embassy, consulate or Ministry of Health and keep up to date with local health advice before and during you travel. You should also comply with any screening and quarantine measures put in place by local authorities.

 

Travellers to West Africa encouraged to check their vaccinations

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Cases of whooping cough and measles cases are on the rise as a result of the reduced routine vaccination coverage in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This is due to the fact that health facilities in those countries have been focusing on halting the Ebola outbreak.

If you are scheduled for duty travel to West Africa in the near future, you may need to undertake several new vaccines. Travel clearance to Ebola-affected countries is conditional upon vaccination against the following diseases: