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

A	B	C	D
Angola Argentina	Benin Bolivia Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Colombia Congo Cote d'ivoire	DRC
E	F	G	K
Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia	French Guyana	Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana	Kenya
L	M	N	P
Liberia	Mali Mauritania	Niger Nigeria	Panama Paraguay
S	T	U	V
Sierra Leone Senegal South Sudan Sudan Suriname	Togo Trinidad & Tobago	Uganda	Venezuela

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.

Vaccination Center	Phone Contact	Location Address
Centre For Tropical & Travel Medicine	0734 211 888	Adams Arcade, Kirichwa Rd, Ngong
MP Shah Hospital	020 429 1100	Shivaji Road, Nairobi
Amref Medical Centre	0110 850 138	AMREF Kenya, Langata Rd, Nairobi
MP Shah Hopital, Village Medical Centre	020 429 1100	Limuru Road Gigiri Nairobi KE
The Nairobi Hospital's Doctors' Plaza	020 284 5000	Argwings Kodhek Road
Mater Misericordiae Hospital	020 690 3000	Mariakani Rd, Nairobi City
CheckUps Medical - JKIA Branch	0111 050 290	Trade Center, 1st Floor, Airport Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Tower Avenue, Nairobi
Avenue Healthcare City Centre Clinic	0722 673 500	Barclays Plaza, Loita St, Nairobi
Avenue Healthcare Nairobi	0732 175 000	First Parklands Avenue
Avenue Healthcare- Greenspan	0732 175 240	Greenspan Shopping Mall, Lower, Savannah Rd, Nairobi
The Nairobi Women's Hospital - Hurlingham	0709 667 000	Hurlingham Court, Argwings Kodhek Rd, Nairobi
Karen Hospital	0726 222 001	Langata Rd, Nairobi
International Organization For Migration (IOM)	020 722 1000	Karura, United Nations Cres, Nairobi
Kenyatta National Hospital	020 2726 300	Hospital Rd, Nairobi
Nairobi Hospital Warwick - Gigiri	0703 072 000	Warwick Centre United Nations Avenue, Nairobi
Nairobi Hospital - Galleria	0703 073 000	Galleria mall, Langata Rd, Nairobi
Karen surgery	0733 642 246	333 Ngong Rd, Nairobi
Gertrude's Children's Hospital - Donholm	0730 645 003	5th Ln, Nairobi