Yellow Fever Card


Traveling outside Nigeria?

A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required for travelers 1 year of age and older coming from a country with risk of Yellow Fever transmission.

The vaccination requirement is imposed by this country for protection against Yellow Fever since the principal mosquito vector Aedes aegypti (Yellow Fever Mosquito) is present in its territory.
Aedes aegypti

 picture: google

Countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission are:
AFRICA - Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

AMERICAS - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Validity of certificate
A Yellow Fever certificate is valid 10 days after vaccination i.e you must get vaccinated 10 days before traveling (it’s better to start the process early)

Existing and new Yellow Fever vaccination certificates are now valid for life i.e No more renewal after 10yrs

How do you go about it?

I did mine at the office at airport toll gate. (Ikeja, Lagos) Address

Other outlets in Nigeria are:
Tincan, Apapa
Seme Boarder
Idiroko Boarder

For fast and stress-free process:
register and pay online here
Cost N2,000

After, online payment, print out your receipt and visit any of the above listed outlets with the payment receipt and a copy of your data page (international passport)

Make sure you go early as the crowd these days is massive. E be lyk sey everybody wan jaapa 🤣🤣 (My naija peeps will understand this)

You’ll get vaccinated and if lucky, you’ll get the card same day of vaccination. If not, you'll be asked to pick it up the next day.

  Pick up is an easy, fast and smooth process. Just walk in from 12:00 noon the next day and search for your card from the ones properly arranged on the pickup desk. See picture below
Pickup Desk in Ikeja
I hope you find this helpful. 

Good luck.

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