How To Get Yellow Fever Certificate In Kenya [2022]

Yellow fever is an acute viral disease transmitted through mosquitoes majorly prevalent in tropical areas whereby the term ‘yellow’ is derived from the symptoms such as jaundice characterized by the yellowing of the eyes.

Additional symptoms may include headaches, muscle pains, vomiting, nausea, fatigue, fever, bleeding through eyes, nose and mouth and at times even death.

These symptoms usually require an incubation period of about 3-6 days after infection for them to be visible.

Therefore as a preventive measure, many countries prone to yellow fever require prior vaccination of travelers aged 9 months and above within 10 days before transiting to or from affected countries and as such, proof of vaccination is required through a yellow fever certificate.

A yellow fever certificate is a document that is literally yellow in color and contains the holder’s details such as name, address etc

However, the yellow fever certificate is not required by all countries thus is only applicable to select countries with a prevalence to yellow fever as listed below.

Yellow Fever Countries List 2022

How To Get Yellow Fever Certificate In Kenya 2022

As a requirement, yellow fever vaccination in Kenya should be done 10 days before travel to any of the above listed countries.

Where To Get Yellow Fever Vaccine In Kenya 2022

Yellow fever vaccines and certificates in Kenya can be obtained in various locations which include;

a) Port Offices At Border Points

Every major border point in Kenya including airports, marine ports etc contains a vaccination center.

For further enquiries on how to get vaccinated at the nearest one, use the below contact details.

Command center customer support

Tel: 0798-088-534 or 0795-958-552

Email: porthealth@health.go.ke

b) Nairobi City Hall

To get yellow fever vaccine via the Nairobi city council offices, proceed to;

Department of Health Services, Nairobi City County

City Hall Annex, 3rd Floor, Rm 305

Tel: 020 222 4281

c) List Of Approved Hospitals Offering Yellow Fever Vaccine

Below are the list of approved hospitals where one can get yellow fever certificate in Kenya.