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OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION: It is strongly recommended that you visit a travel medicine clinic before you travel to Yemen. The altitude of Sanaa (7200 feet) may cause problems for visitors who have respiratory or cardiac disease. Malaria is a serious problem in locations outside Sanaa, at altitudes below 4800 feet, and especially along the coasts. Because chloroquine-resistant malaria exists in areas outside the city of Sanaa, the drugs of choice for malaria prophylaxis are either mefloquine or doxycycline; if you intend to enter a malaria prone area you should have a G6PD test to assure that you can safely take primaquine for exit prophylaxis. Yellow fever vaccination is required if you are traveling from an infected area, including some countries in South America and Africa, and are older than one year. The cholera vaccine has low effectiveness and is marginally recommended. However, typhoid vaccine, hepatitis A and B, rabies (pre-exposure), polio (one-time adult booster), tetanus, meningococcous, and influenza vaccines are recommended prior to entering Yemen.

Information on vaccinations and other health precautions, such as safe food and water precautions and insect bite protection, may be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747); fax 1-888-CDC-FAXX (1-888-232-3299), or via the CDC's Internet site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel. For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad, consult the World Health Organization's website at http://www.who.int/en. Further health information for travelers is available at http://www.who.int/ith.