Mauritania

Latest update: 5 July 2021 - Authors: Mieke Croughs, Ula Maniewski-Kelner

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Travelling to red countries outside the EU or Schengen area is not recommended.

Take a look at the general preventive measures related to COVID-19.

Carefully read the entry conditions and local measures of this country.
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The information on Wanda is updated daily, but not over the weekend.

This page contains the main health risks for travellers and general recommendations. Travel conditions are different for everyone and each patient's health condition varies. Discuss your trip during a travel consultation with your doctor or in a travel clinic, preferably six to eight weeks before departure.

Important health risks

In the southern part of the country there is an important malaria risk, during the entire year. We recommend the use of mosquito-repellent measures from dusk till morning, in combination with the use of malaria tablets.

In Adrar and Inchiri there is:

between July and October (during the rainy season) an important malaria risk. We recommend the use of mosquito-repellent measures from dusk till morning, in combination with the use of malaria tablets.
between November and June, during the dry seasonn, a low malaria risk. We recommend the use of mosquito-repellent measures from dusk till morning.

There is no risk of malaria in Dakhlet-Nouadhibou and Tiris-Zemour.

In case of fever during or after your journey, get tested for malaria as soon as possible.

There is a risk of yellow fever in the entire country, with the exception of the Sahara desert.

Insects can transmit diseases such as dengue and chikungunya.

Ticks can transmit diseases such as African tick bite fever.

Dogs and other mammals can be infected with rabies.

There is a risk of infection with schistosomiasis when swimming or bathing in lakes and rivers.

Girls who visit their family in this country are sometimes circumcised.

Tuberculosis

Read these tips before you leave.

Vaccinations

Yellow fever

Recommended, sometimes mandatory

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Yellow fever vaccination is recommended for all travellers and is compulsory from the age of one year if you are departing from another country where yellow fever can occur.

This vaccination must be administered at least ten days prior to arrival by an official yellow fever vaccination centre and must be registered in an International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis.