An international certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is compulsory for travelers, within three months prior to their arrival to Brazil, have lived in or visited the following countries (does not include transit nor connection):

Angola Benin Bolivia
Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi
Cameroon Central African Republic Chad
Colombia Congo (Republic of) Congo(Democratic Republic of )
Cote d'Ivoire Ecuador Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia French Guyana Gabon
Gambia Ghana Guinea
Guinea Bissau Guyana Kenya
Liberia Mali Mauritania
Niger Nigeria Panama
Peru Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone
Somalia Sudan Suriname
Tanzania Togo Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda Venezuela


According to the notification of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, these are the areas in risk of yellow fever in Brazil. The vaccination is recommended for all travellers from 6 months old on who intend to visit the following states or areas:

Acre Amazonas Amapá
Distrito Federal Goiás Maranhão
Minas Gerais Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso
Pará Rondônia Roraima
Tocantins South of Piauí South and West of Bahia
North of Espirito Santo NorthWest of São Paulo West of Paraná
West of Santa Catarina West of Rio Grande do Sul

Please note that yellow fever vaccinations take approximately 10 days to become effective.

In Japan, yellow fever vaccination can be inoculated at Quarantine Station. See the contacts at the homepage of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, Quarantine Station (http://www.forth.go.jp/tourist/vaccine.html).

(Updated on January 29th, 2008)