[Debconf-discuss] Regarding vaccinations and stuff like that

[Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>]

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.