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Sanitary advices to visit Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is a small country with around 2M Guinea-Bissau. Official language is Portuguese. Guinea-Bissau uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is UTC+00:00. Currency used in Guinea-Bissau is West African CFA franc (XOF).
🏙️ Bissau🗣️ Portuguese
👨👩👦👦 2M ☀️ ~27 °C 🌧 ~141 mm 👍 Least Developed 🚩 36k km2 (14k mi²)
Sanitary Recommendations
General recommendations
Zika outbreaks have been reported in Guinea-Bissau. Because of the risk of birth defects in babies born to women who were infected with Zika while pregnant, women who are pregnant should not travel to Guinea-Bissau. For further information on this recommendation, please visit the CDCZika Virus in Guinea-Bissau.
Chikungunya, African tick-bite fever, and African sleeping sickness (African Trypanosomiasis) are diseases carried by insects that are found in Guinea-Bissau. For information on disease prevention, please visit the CDC Insect Protection Advice.
Many countries in Africa have high incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB). For further information, please visit the CDCTuberculosis Advice.
Many countries in Africa have high HIV prevalence rates. For further information, please visit the CDC HIV Advice.
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