Supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage, including medical evacuation, has proved useful. Polio is endemic. Regard a ll water as potentially contaminated. Consider sterilization essential. Boil water used for drinking, brushing teeth or making ice.
Milk is pasteurised.
Powdered or tinned milk available. For those at high risk, vaccination before arrival should be considered. If bitten abroad seek medical advice without delay. Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis recently discovered. Take normal precautions.