Are there medical issues about traveling to Tanzania?
Awaken to Africa includes information about travel to a sub-Saharan country in your pre-trip information packet. However, you should check with the Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov/travel) for the latest information on travel to Tanzania. It is essential that you have an anti-malarial medication with you and a mosquito-repellent to prevent being bitten. Malaria is endemic throughout most of Tanzania except at elevations higher than 6000 feet. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes usually bite after dusk and before dawn, so it’s important to take extra precautions during this time period to avoid being bitten. This means wearing clothing with long pants and sleeves and applying insect repellent to exposed skin as well as sleeping under mosquito netting.
