Bonsoir à tous 😏, Je pars en juillet au Congo (Brazzaville et Pointe Noire) dans le cadre d'une mission humanitaire. Le Congo est un pays pour lequel la vaccination contre la fièvre jaune est obligatoire, gros souci pour moi qui suis atteinte de sclérose en plaques : le vaccin représente une contrindication sérieuse et mon neurologue me dit qu'il est très dangereux de me faire vacciner, que j'ai déjà un système immunitaire défaillant et qu'il est inutile d'en rajouter. Je partage totalement cette opinion. Le souci est que je me heurte à tout un tas de discours différents :
- du neurologue : "le risque de fièvre jaune n'est pas si grand qu'on le dit, surtout ne vous faites pas vacciner"
- du centre de vaccination : "vous etes inconsciente vous allez la chopper à coup sur, en plus on vous laissera pas rentrer sur le territoire"
- de l'ambassade : "pas de souci vous rentrez avec un certificat de contre indication"
- d'un médecin : "on ne te laissera pas rentrer et tu vas chopper la fièvre jaune"
Sérieux je ne sais plus qui croire !!!!! J'aimerais donc avoir des faits concrets pour pouvoir prendre la décision la plus judicieuse pour moi, sachant que cette mission me tient très à coeur et que je compte partir sans vaccin (ce qui me fait le plus peur est l'entrée sur le territoire), tout en étant le plus prudente possible sur place (port de vêtements à manche longue, produit contre les moustiques en permanence...ect...)
Quelqu'un connaitrait-il la situation au congo en ce qui concerne la fièvre jaune ? Les chances d'attraper la fièvre jaune sont-elles si élevées que ça en pays endémiques ? Suis-je d'avance condamnée à l'attraper comme le prétendent certains médecins si je ne me fais pas vacciner ?Et surtout, va-t-on m'interdire l'entrée sur le territoire même avec un certificat de contre indication ?
Je viens de faire une recherche assez poussée : la sclérose en plaques n'est nullement une contre-indication à la vaccination contre la fièvre jaune. Ton neurologue doit faire un amalgame avec les soupçons qui pèsent sur la vaccination contre l'hépatite B ! Un traitement par cortisone est une contre-indication : c'est peyt-être ton cas. Quelques références plus que sérieuses :
Merci pour vos réponses et particulièrement à toi Titere qui a pris le temps de faire des recherches 😏. Malheureusement le vaccin de la fièvre jaune est une sérieuse contreindication car il s'agit d'un vaccin vivant atténué, et il est fortement déconseillé aux personnes porteuses d'une infection auto-immune, et la sclérose en plaques en fait partie.🙁
J'ai rappelé l'ambassade du congo hier qui m'a confirmé que je rentrais sur le territoire avec un certificat de contre indication, j'ai appelé le congo directement pour leur demander qu'elle était la situation, la fièvre jaune est peu présente, bon de toute manière ça ne veut pas dire grand chose, il y a un risque, petit ou non s'en est un.
Je préfère prendre ce risque là plutôt que celui de me retrouver en chaise roulante à 22 ans...ce choix est personnel et peut sembler inconscient, le fait est que le projet pour lequel je pars me tiens très à coeur, et que je suis prête à courrir le risque et profiter du temps qu'il me reste pour vivre le plus normalement possible.
Je me rendrais aux centres des maladies infectieuses à mon retour pour contrôler si je ne suis pas porteuse d'une pathologie afin de ne pas faire courrir de risques, tout en étant très prudente sur place. Ramener une pathologie d'un pays étranger peut arriver à nous tous, des vaccins n'existant pas pour toutes les maladies. Quoiqu'il en soit j'avais bien pensé à ce risque, ce pourquoi je prendrais les précautions nécessaires à mon retour.
Merci encore d'avoir pris le temps de me répondre 😉
Bonjour!
La fièvre jaune sévit en Afrique par "vagues", un peu comme le choléra. Les risques ne sont pas très importants en dehors de ces périodes, surtout si tu évites les zones près de lacs ou de rivières. En ville, comme Brazza ou Pointe-Noire, il y a un peu moins de soucis. N'oublie pas d'imprégner tous tes vêtements et ta moustiquaire de répulsif spécial tissus (que tu trouveras en pharmacie) et de choisir pour toi du répulsif spécial insectes tropicaux, toujours en pharmacie. Le risque n'est pas grand mais il existe et la Fièvre Jaune est mortelle, il ne faut pas être imprudent.
Je te souhaite un bon séjour. Le Congo est un pays sympa que j'ai quitté en juin 2006, mais j'étais tout au nord, dans la forêt.😉
« Celui qui voyage sans rencontrer l’autre ne voyage pas, il se déplace »
Alexandra David-Neel
Bonjour,
Désolée mais je n'ai pas de réponse à ta question, juste une question perso
Quelle genre de mission humanitaire vas tu faire, est ce dans le domaine de la santé?
En effet je pars en fin d'année pour pointe noire, étant infirmière j'aimerais travailler là bas mais je ne sais pas quelles sont les associations humanitaires présentes et s'il y a une formation spécifique à avoir.
Si tu as des informations à ce sujet cela m'interesse, merci et bon courage j'espère que tu trouveras la réponse à cette question importante du vaccin.
ps: si tu ne te fais pas vacciner demandes à ton medecin un certificat mentionnant l'impossibilité de faire ce vaccin pour raison médicale, cela pourra peut être t'être utile à l'entrée au congo.
La mission humanitaire à laquelle je participe n'est pas dans le domaine de la santé mais de l'animation, et c'est via une association française, du coup je ne vais pas pouvoir t'aider non plus, désolé...🙁
Je ne sais pas vraiment vers quel organisme tu pourrais te tourner, essaye de parcourir des sites comme la guilde européenne du raid (ce sont des missions de courte durée pour eux donc pas vraiment adaptée à ce que tu recherches je pense, mais peut être qu'eux seront mieux t'orienter), humacoop...
est ce que tu pars par hasard avec l'association initiative soleil et animation? je pars aussi au moi de juillet faire de l'animation au Congo brazaville! dis moi tout!🙂
peut etre à bientot
a bientot
ba c'est cool ca!
bon raconte moi ce que tu sais du sejour et je te dirai mes infos...😉 c'est pas mal ca je te réécrirai très prochainement pour en parler....
et pour ton vaccin ca en est ou finalement? bon courage🙂
Bonjour CHOKA
Je suis en partance avec mon épouse pour Pointe-Noire dans le cadre de mon activité prof. Et cela pôur deux
années minimum.
Personnellement je décolle de Clermont le mardi 03 juillet et prend le vol de nuit Air France à Roissy CDG (vol
de nuit ) Mon épouse me rejoindra là-bas fin juillet.
Je me suis déjà rendu 4 fois à Pointe-Noire, en mission et travaille exclusivement pour les plateformes
pétrolières de TOTAL.
Je serai donc résident à Pointe-Noire.
En ce qui concerne tes problémes de vaccination je ne sais pas où tu en es.... mais si tu as l'accord médical
et que tu désires toujours te rendre là-bas et si tu le souhaites tu peux (mais rapidement )prendre contact
avec nous en nous laissant un message sur ce site.
Pour info. nous habitons MOZAC prés de RIOM.
A bientôt peut-être.
Codialement
Merci pour ta proposition papylain, malheureusement je ne pars plus, la mission pour laquelle je devais me rendre au Congo est annulée... Il y a d'ailleurs un post à ce sujet dans la rubrique humanitaire car je ne suis pas la seule dans ce cas.
Du coup le congo ça n'est pas pour moi cette année. Le souci des vaccination ne se pose plus pour le moment du coup 😉
Merci pour ton message en tout cas et bon voyage à ta femme et toi 😏
Merci de ta célérité pour la réponse. Vraiment désolé pour toi..... Nous éspérons qu'une
autre action humanitaire se présentera prochainement pour toi.
Bonne continuation.....Nous ne manquerons pas de saluer le Congo de ta part.
Salutations et courage!
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