Hi! Phillip Kern said [1] that he had taken some vaccinations to come to Argentina, and pointed to a German page [2].
[1]: http://www.philkern.de/weblog/en/debconf8_ready_set.html [2]: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformationen/Argentinien/Sicherheitshinweise.html What the page says about vaccinations, basically is: "The health service of the Foreign Office recommends a vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria and hepatitis A, long-term stay of 4 weeks or special exposure also hepatitis B, rabies and typhoid." None of these are endemic in Argentina. They are just the list of some vaccinations that people usually take around here. You don't need to take any of these in order to come and return from Argentina healthy. Hepatitis vaccination might be a good idea in any country, anyway. After that, the page goes on saying: "In addition, a yellow fever vaccination by the World Health Organisation recommended to visit the following provinces: Formosa, Misiones, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta" That is a bit more important. If you are going to visit the Iguazu Falls, located in Misiones, then it might be a good idea to take the yellow fever vaccination. However, taking into account that we are in the middle of winter, and the yellow fever is transmited via mosquitos, the risk is almost none. So, if you don't have time to take the vaccination, it doesn't mean you can't visit the falls anyway. -- Besos, Maggie. _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
