India

Health

Compulsory vaccinations: yellow fever certificate if arriving:
a) within 6 days from an infected area
b) has been in transit in an infected area (except those who while in transit through an airport in an infected area, remained within the airport during the period of their entire stay)
c) has come on a ship that started or disembarked at any port in an infected area up to 30 days before arrival in India (unless it has been disinsected)
d) has come on an aircraft which has been in an infected area and has not been disinsected. The following countries and areas are regarded as infected:
Africa; Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Congo, Congo Dem Rep, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda & Zambia
Americas; Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago & Venezuela
Exempt infants under 6 months. Note: When a case of yellow fever is reported from any country, that country is regarded as infected and is added to the list above

Recommended immunisations: diphtheria, hepatitis A, *hepatitis B, *Japanese B encephalitis, *malaria, polio, *TB, tetanus, typhoid
* recommended in some circumstances, travellers making 3 or more visits per year, stays of more than 3 months in a rural area, high-risk occupational groups & backpackers staying more than 1 month

Risks: malaria exists all year below 2,000 metres except in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir and Sikkim. Rabies