{"id":19007,"date":"2023-02-20T11:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/faqs\/vaccinations-for-safaris\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T11:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:10:37","slug":"vaccinations-for-safaris","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/faqs\/vaccinations-for-safaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations for safaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana requires a valid yellow fever vaccination for all people over the age of one entering the country from yellow fever-affected areas such as Tanzania, Angola, Kenya, etc. This vaccination certificate is not required for direct entry from Germany, or for entry from Zimbabwe, Zambia or South Africa. Contrary to WHO recommendations, a booster vaccination is required every 10 years in Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that you check all the standard vaccinations for adults and children before travelling to Botswana, and top them up if necessary. These are listed in detail in the vaccination schedule published by the Robert Koch Institute.<\/p>\n<p>For adults, these are vaccines against whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus, possibly polio, diphtheria, influenza and MMR (mumps, measles, rubella).<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning a particular exposure or a long-term stay, vaccinations against hepatitis A and B, rabies, typhoid and meningococcus are also recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[77],"class_list":["post-19007","faqs","type-faqs","status-publish","hentry","category-static-page","countries-botswana-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/19007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faqs"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanelegancesafaris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}