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Stay period : November 11~13, 1987.
Place : Monrovia(capital), Republic of Liberia
Languages : English, 29 African languages.
Major religions: Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Monetary unit : Liberian dollar (L$)
Electricity : 110V, 60c/s
WHO recommendation:
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Yellow Fever
Country requirement: a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from all travellers
over 1 year of age.
Yellow fever vaccine recommendation: yes
Malaria
Malaria risk due predominantly to P. falciparum exists throughout the year in the whole
country. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Mosquito bite prevention plus mefloquine, doxycycline or atovaquone+proguanil chemo-
prophylaxis (select according to reported resistance pattern)
Rabies
Rabies risk:High risk
pre-exposure immunization recommended for travellers and other people for whom contact
with domestic animals particularly dogs and other rabiesvectors is likely.
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Liberia is famous for long-running, ruinous civil war(1989~1999).
At present, 15,000 UN peacekeepers are still in place. When I went to
Monrovia in November 1987, just the beginning of the conflict.
The people of Ghana were peaceful, but the eyes of Liberian were uneasy,
fighting and dark. If you stop the car in the street of Monrovia, children come
to rush the car for begging.
Languages : English, 29 African languages.
Major religions: Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Monetary unit : Liberian dollar (L$)
Electricity : 110V, 60c/s
WHO recommendation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yellow Fever
Country requirement: a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from all travellers
over 1 year of age.
Yellow fever vaccine recommendation: yes
Malaria
Malaria risk due predominantly to P. falciparum exists throughout the year in the whole
country. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Mosquito bite prevention plus mefloquine, doxycycline or atovaquone+proguanil chemo-
prophylaxis (select according to reported resistance pattern)
Rabies
Rabies risk:High risk
pre-exposure immunization recommended for travellers and other people for whom contact
with domestic animals particularly dogs and other rabiesvectors is likely.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Liberia is famous for long-running, ruinous civil war(1989~1999).
At present, 15,000 UN peacekeepers are still in place. When I went to
Monrovia in November 1987, just the beginning of the conflict.
The people of Ghana were peaceful, but the eyes of Liberian were uneasy,
fighting and dark. If you stop the car in the street of Monrovia, children come
to rush the car for begging.
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