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      Gambia

      Latest update: - Authors: Mieke Croughs, Ula Maniewski

      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.

      Check the current security situation on the federal government website.

      Important health risks

      Malaria

      The malaria risk is high in the entire country. We recommend the use of mosquito-repellent measures from dusk till morning, in combination with the use of malaria tablets.

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

      Yellow fever

      There is a risk of yellow fever.

      Other insect-borne diseases

      Insects can transmit diseases such as denguechikungunya and sleeping sickness.

      Protect yourself against insects.

      Tick-borne diseases

      Ticks can transmit diseases such as African tick bite fever.

      Rabies

      Dogs and other mammals can be infected with rabies.

      Schistosomiasis

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

      Female circumcision

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

      COVID-19

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

      Other possible infections

      Ticks can transmit diseases such as African tick bite fever.

      Read these tips before you leave.

      Vaccinations

      Yellow fever

      Recommended, sometimes mandatory

      Yellow fever vaccination is recommended for all travellers from the age of nine months.
      In addition, vaccination is compulsory if you have been in a country where yellow fever may be present 
      during the last six days, even if you are in transit through an airport that takes more than twelve hours (see map).

      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.

      Hepatitis A

      Recommended

      Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for all travellers.

      Update of basic vaccinations

      Recommended

      Polio

      Recommended

      A single booster of polio vaccination is recommended for all travellers to Asia or Africa aged 16 years or older.

      Other vaccinations

      Recommended for some travellers

      Discuss with your doctor whether one of the following vaccinations is recommended for you:

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