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Before you come to Venezuela, you should make an appointment with a travel specialist at your local hospital. Make sure you have medical insurance that covers you outside your home country, including evacuation to your home country in case of emergency. Do not travel against medical advice. Take your insurance policy (or a complete photocopy) with you, obtain and bring a yellow International Vaccination Certificate card.
Recommended immunisations include: Yellow Fever, Typhoid (oral vaccine now available) Polio, Tetanus, Hepatitis A (Hepatitis B is less of a risk for travellers on an organised tour, it is transmitted through blood or secretions or sexual contact with an infected person), Rabies . Oral anti-malarial tablets (Mefloquine is recommended because the malarial strains in Venezuela are chloroquine resistant). Although Malaria is not a risk up in the Andes, it is a threat in the regions of Amazonas, The Llanos, Guayana, Barinas and Portuguesa. In these areas it is wise to protect yourself with insect repellent, long sleeves and pants, and a mosquito net. Other insect-transmitted diseases include Chagas´ Disease and Dengue Fever , but there are no vaccinations against these, just remember to use a mosquito net in the tropical regions, keep your skin covered and avoid sleeping directly on a dirt floor in a mud hut.
It is advisable to bring: an extra pair of glasses or contacts and copy of your prescription, contraceptives, diarrhoea medicine such as Imodium, or Lomotil, Band-Aids and moleskin for blisters, water sterilising tablets such as iodine or a filter, antacid, aspirin/painkillers, tampons (they can be expensive here), anti-malarial tablets, anti-infective ointment (bacitracin), insect repellent, sunglasses, sunscreen, dusting powder with fungicide for your feet, chapstick, coughdrops, a water bottle, wet-wipes, biodegradable soap and other toiletries, a flashlight (head lamp preferable) with extra batteries and an extra bulb.
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