Yellow Fever Vaccination
What's the situation with yellow fever vaccinations?
Here's my long story short.....I was vaccinated 11 years ago but have lost the cert. You used to have to get the vaccination every ten years but the WHO declared two years ago that the one time vaccination is good for life WHO | Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed
I could possibly have my Irish doctor re-do the cert and have it posted, but are African consuls/border officials likely to be up to speed with this WHO announcement or will they be looking for something from the last ten years?
Alternatively I have a fake cert obtained in Nouakchott. However, the booklet is red, not yellow, which looks suspect (I think) and I read an article from Nigeria which stated that the govt there (at least) is fighting the fake certs which are rife and that they're easy to spot because they always come with cholera certs too (which mine does). Any experience on this?
Alternatively, I have a real booklet without a stamp but a doctors stamp for Hep A. Are consuls (I presume not border officials) going to understand the codes if I fill in the appropriate sections with the same details as in another guy's cert?
And finally, am I correct to say that Ghanaian consulates at least (if not others) are likely to want to see this cert before issuing a visa?
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