Traveller's
Guide
How to get an International Certificate
of Vaccination against yellow fever
In order to leave Brazil or travel to some of its areas, for example,
vaccination against yellow
fever is needed at least 10 days before travelling and you
should bring with you your International Certificate of Vaccination
(ICV). With one shot, you will be protected for 10 years. People
who were vaccinated more than 10 years ago need only a booster,
after which immunity comes imediately.
Anvisa's Public Health Care
Centers and Vaccination Rooms (in Portuguese)
are ready to provide the vaccine and to issue the International
Certificate of Vaccination (ICV), which is yellow.
See the list
of countries and Brazilian towns with yeallow fever cases
(in Portuguese), as well
as risk areas and towns classified as transit areas.
Every person vaccinated in one of the Sanitary Units of the Unified
Health System (SUS) receives the National Certificate of Vaccination,
which is white and accepted in the whole country. If, after that,
you need the ICV, you should go to a Public Health Care Center
or to a Vaccination Room of Anvisa to copy the National Certificate
data to the International one. The signature of the Certificate
owner in the presence of the official agent who copies the data
is mandatory. It is also mandatory to show:
- National
Certificate of Vaccination;
- Oficial
document with photo, like Identity Card or Passport or Professional
Card (like OAB, CREA, CRF, CRM, etc).
- For those
under 18, the Birth Certificate is necessary.
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