Vaccinations for Bonaire

[Tamas]

I have been searching for the answer but almost every other source has conflicting info.

What sort of vaccinations do you need or are suggested for Bonaire? Hepatitis A/B? Polio? Thypoid? Malaria? Yellow Fever? Or none at all?

 

[Web Monkey]

The CDC is a good place to start: http://www.cdc.gov/travel/vaccinat.htm

DAN might have more detailed SCUBA info.

Terry

I have been searching for the answer but almost every other source has conflicting info.

What sort of vaccinations do you need or are suggested for Bonaire? Hepatitis A/B? Polio? Thypoid? Malaria? Yellow Fever? Or none at all?

 

[tjmills]

There are no required vacinations for Bonaire. It is a desert island for the most part.

 

[H2Andy]

none required, my wife and i had none and we did ok

of course, this could have been a fluke =)

 

[sprange]

There are no required vacinations for Bonaire. It is a desert island for the most part.

True, but there is enough standing water to support a billion mosquitos. Having suffered countless bites while I was vacationing in Bonaire I was still thankful that malaria and other mosquito borne diseases haven't taken a foothold there.

Sean

 

[H2Andy]

I was still thankful that malaria and other mosquito borne diseases haven't taken a foothold there.

about the only places in the Caribbean where malaria is a problem is Haiti and
the Dominican Republic... like you say, thankfully it hasn't taken root anywhere else

they list Trinidad and Tobago as a yellow fever site. then there's
Hep A and B and typhoid, but they're not too specific about those.

 

[BurBunny]

about the only places in the Caribbean where malaria is a problem is Haiti and
the Dominican Republic... like you say, thankfully it hasn't taken root anywhere else

Actually, if you spend time in the southern Yucatan, you are ineligible to give blood for a year due to malarial issues there as well. Near the Mexico/Belize/Guatemala border.

 

[herman]

I am unaware of any required special health requirements for Bonaire. The health standards are good on the island.
The Bonaire mosquitos must hate me, I have never had any real trouble with them. I see one or 2 on a trip but never have had any problems even on a trip during the rainy season. Come to the outter banks of NC if you want to see mosquitoes, they have been know to carry off tourist before eating them.

 

[El Orans]

None that I know of.

 

[H2Andy]

Actually, if you spend time in the southern Yucatan, you are
ineligible to give blood for a year due to malarial issues there as well. Near the
Mexico/Belize/Guatemala border.

well.. that's not the Caribbean eyebrow