Bonjour à tous, nous partons fin décembre pour un voyage de 15 jours en Namibie, avec un enfant de 13 ans.
Notre destination la plus au nord sera Etosha.
Après avoir lu un peu de tout, je n'arrive pas à me décider, est ce que nous devons prendre un traitement contre le paludisme ?
Merci aux experts de bien vouloir me donner leur avis...
les seuls experts que vous devez consulter sont votre médecin et des médecins spécialisés dans ce domaine.
Pas l'avis de X ou Y derriere un ordinateur.
Après vous pourrez mettre en balance le coût et les désagréments du traitement face aux risques que vous êtes prêt a prendre et à faire prendre a votre enfant.
Etosha se situe dans la zone jugée impaludée par les experts qui ont établi cette carte, et vous serez en été, en pleine saison humide .. donc, beaucoup d'insectes à prévoir, dont des moustiques. Je ne suis allée en Namibie qu'en saison sèche, et je n'ai vu aucun moustique : en revanche, il y avait beaucoup de spray insecticides dans les chambres d'hôtels, ce qui laisse clairement supposer leur utilité !!
Annabel,
Si tu veux beaucoup de lecture et un tas d'avis divergents, il y a tout ce qu'il faut sur Voyage Forum !
http://voyageforum.com/v.f?search_string=Paludisme+namibie&x=12&y=8&do=resultats_recherche&quick_search=Yes&search_optimization=Yes
😏
Si je pose cette question qui à l'air un peu idiote pour vous, c'est tout simplement suite au conseil de mon TO :
"Concernant le paludisme, à ma connaissance, la prophylaxie anti paludéenne est conseillée pour les régions du nord (Kaokoland, Caprivi), votre itinéraire ne prévoit pas d’étape sur ces régions."
Voilà, je demandai juste une confirmation de ce que je pensais.
Bonjour Annabel,
Merci à tous pour votre gentillesse...
Ne prend pas les réponses comme ça !
Ces avis sont donnés avec gentillesse par un médecin, un forumiste qui s'est rendu 5 (6?) fois en Namibie et un troisième qui y est résident !
Le même conseil revient presque dans toutes les discussions concernant la prise de médocs : "les seuls experts que vous devez consulter sont votre médecin et des médecins spécialisés dans ce domaine. "
Une discussion à lire
http://voyageforum.com/...ays_risque_D1460087/
+ celle-ci d'avril (7 pages!) avec interventions d'un (autre) médecin :
http://voyageforum.com/discussion/traitement-contre-paludisme-afrique-du-sud-d6502057-2/
Je me suis rendue 2 x en Namibie en fin de saison sèche (septembre -mi octobre) , nous avons commencé à prendre notre malarone la veille de notre arrivée à Etosha (nous venions du sud et allions vers Caprivi).
Il suffit d'un seul mauvais moustique(celui qui donne le neuro palu) pour être dans de sales draps !
Je te dirai aussi( bien que je ne sois pas médecin) "pense d'abord à ton enfant".
Je résume 😊:
- Encore une fois, " les seuls experts que vous devez consulter sont votre médecin et des médecins spécialisés dans ce domaine. "
- vous pourrez mettre en balance le coût et les désagréments du traitement face aux risques que vous êtes prêt a prendre et à faire prendre a votre enfant.
- Etosha se situe dans la zone jugée impaludée par les experts qui ont établi cette carte
- vous serez en été, en pleine saison humide .. donc, beaucoup d'insectes à prévoir, dont des moustiques.
- il y avait beaucoup de spray insecticides dans les chambres d'hôtels, ce qui laisse clairement supposer leur utilité !!
C'est toujours délicat de proposer "son" choix! 🤪
On ne peut que te donner tous les paramètres.
Quel que soit ton choix, n'oublie pas les précautions habituelles et primordiales : dès la tombée de la nuit: bras, jambes, pieds (chaussettes) couverts + vaporiser la chambre avant de quitter la chb ou la tente pour aller dîner (mais ne pas y rester !), dormir sous moustiquaire, prendre lotion/corps anti moustiques etc, etc.
Bon voyage, cela ne gâchera pas ton plaisir ! 😉
Etosha se situe dans la zone jugée impaludée par les experts qui ont établi cette carte, et vous serez en été, en pleine saison humide .. donc, beaucoup d'insectes à prévoir, dont des moustiques. Je ne suis allée en Namibie qu'en saison sèche, et je n'ai vu aucun moustique : en revanche, il y avait beaucoup de spray insecticides dans les chambres d'hôtels, ce qui laisse clairement supposer leur utilité !!
Salut
Le TO a du lui aussi se renseigner et il donne un avis contraire à cette carte, enfin , je ne suis pas sûr qu'il se soit renseigné, mais je suis d'accord avec lui 😏
Quand on met en ligne un document comme celui là, qui incite un trop grand nombre de voyageurs à se protéger, il faut dire d'où il vient.
Je ne connaissais pas ce site, Atrium.com, j'ai jeté un coup d'oeil et je reste très dubitatif, je suis allé voir sur la page médecin, petite citation " car comme nous sommes indépendants, nous n'avons aucun recours à la publicité ", à droite de ce texte, une belle pub pour Sanofi/pasteur !
Erwan
La vie est belle ! La vie est belle ! Je me tue à vous le dire disait la fleur. Et elle meurt ( J.Prévert)
je connais ce site depuis longtemps : j'ai été abonnée au BEH (bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire) pendant de nombreuses années, et je recevais la publication mensuelle de santé-voyages avec cet abonnement. Les recos du BEH concernant les voyageurs y sont reprises régulièrement. Sanofi est indiqué comme partenaire, de même que le guide du routard .. Je ne sais pas si ça nuit à leur indépendance, ou pas ... c'est vrai que dans la revue Prescrire, il n' y a aucune mention de quoi que ce soit et de qui que ce soit .
Les cartes de répartition du palu sur chaque fiche pays me paraissent, au contraire, plus affinées que ce que l'on trouve sur d'autres sites, où on voit indiqué juste "Namibie groupe 3 " (BEH juin 2014). Ces cartes proviennent d'un site britannique (bientôt écossais ??? 🙂), qui détaille pas mal la transmission selon la région et la saison : http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/destinations/africa/namibia.aspx ...
On peut aussi regarder le site de l'OMS : http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/country-profiles/profile_nam_en.pdf?ua=1
Areas shown in light pink are those with unstable malaria transmission. These areas are those where local transmission cannot be ruled out, but levels are extremely low, with annual case incidence reported at less than 1 per 10,000.
Les surfaces en rose pâle représentent les zones où les risques de transmission locale ne peuvent pas être éliminées, mais à des niveaux extrêmement bas avec une incidence annuelle inférieure à 1/10000
Qui font passer de High risk à risque bien plus modéré.😉
Erwan
La vie est belle ! La vie est belle ! Je me tue à vous le dire disait la fleur. Et elle meurt ( J.Prévert)
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Hello,
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Thank you.
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Hi there,
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For several years now, increased aggression has been observed in Cape fur seals.
At least 70 unprovoked attacks on humans.
It was recently confirmed that this is due to rabies.
The suspected origin is contamination in Namibia by jackals.
The contagion seems to be spreading.
Preventive vaccination (of the animals) is being considered.
Just a reminder:
Rabies affects all mammals.
Once symptoms appear—sometimes weeks or even months later—death is inevitable.
It’s the bite that transmits the disease.
There are so-called "furious" forms with aggression, but also forms without aggression.
In case of a bite, in addition to standard wound care, tetanus prevention… rabies prevention is essential.
Stay careful out there…
Seeing seals from a boat along the coast isn’t rare in these parts…
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Thanks so much!
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