What is the health advice to Tanzania?
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Tanzania is a tropical country and vaccines are sensible (typhoid, polio, tetanus and yellow fever). Malaria is common and occurs all year round; you must take anti-malarial measures, especially in areas below 1500m. Always check the latest recommendations with your clinic or doctor.
In Tanzania, HIV infection rates are high. This isn’t usually an issue for visitors, but you should be aware of the situation, and take the usual sensible precautions you would in any country. We understand that blood supplies used by private hospitals in Tanzania have been carefully screened for many years