Bojour je doit aller au Mali au mois de décembre pour 20 jrs et je vient d apprendre que ma maladie auto immune et mon traitement m interdises la vaccination contre la fièvre jaune je voudrai savoir si pendant cette période j court un grand risque car je v qd même y aller
le tout est de savoir si le contrôle sanitaire de l'aéroport va te laisser entrer !
Après, le risque....ce n'est pas pour rien que le vaccin est obligatoire !
À l institut pasteur le médecin va donner un certificat pour passer
exact, et répondre à votre question, que vous allez lui poser bien sûr 😉, sur le risque de FJ et les précautions à prendre, lors d'un entretien personnel.
Le contrôle sanitaire n'est pas obligé d'accepter votre entrée si vous n'êtes pas conforme aux obligations d'accès même avec un certificat de l'institut Pasteur.
Vous devriez vous renseigner plus certainement auprès des "autorités" maliennes.
Le certificat ne garantie absolument pas votre immunisation contre la fièvre jaune.
Lors des grandes épidémies de choléra des années 70/80, il y a eu des cas de refus d'entrée.
dans ce cas vous devez renoncer à votre voyage car à ces periodes, la fièvre est très repandue.il vous faut ce vaccin car c'est un danger pour vous et vos entourage
Justment je me suis renseigner et on m'a dit qu en décembre le climat et froid et sec qu il y'a moins de moustique et que c t la période idéal pour partir
Bonjour,
A l'aéroport de Bamako, si tu n'as pas ton carnet de vaccination tu as deux choix: te faire vacciner sur place ou reprendre l'avion pour retourner d'où tu venais.
Avec un certificat médical de l'institut Pasteur, expliquant ton cas, ça devrait passer. Si ça passe pas, une fois dans l'infirmerie, tu donnes 2000 ou 3000 CFA à l'infirmier, en disant que tu as trouvé ton carnet de vaccination, et ils te laisse rentrer sans te toucher.
Ceci dit, il n'y a pas que la fièvre jaune, il y a le paludisme (ou Malaria) aussi. En décembre le risque est moindre, mais il n'est pas nul. On va te proposer des comprimés à prendre une semaine avant le départ, durant le séjour et 4 ou 5 semaines après le retour. C'est un comprimé par semaine. A l'poque j'y allais tellement souvent que je devais prendre ces comprimés toute l'année. Pour ma part, je ne prenais rien du tout, car ces comprimés ont des effets secondaires. Durant les 4 semaines qui suivent le retour, il faut faire attention aux symptômes de la grippe: Frissons, sueurs, Fièvre, mal à la tête ou courbatures. Au moindre signe, il faut aller sans tarder à l'institut Pasteur, et surtout pas ailleurs, pour faire un dépistage de palu. C'est à ce moment que la maladie est guérissable. La maladie se déclare quelques jours après et c'est beaucoup plus compliqué à guérir.
Bon voyage au Mali, qui me manque beaucoup.
Bien cordialement.
Merci c gentil d avoir prit le temp de répondre mais c vrai qu il y'a pas que la fièvre jaune mais c sa qui m inquiet le plus qd entend les gens je suis folle d'y aller sans vaccin car g l inpression que c la mort qui m aten mais sa veut dire qu j'y r jamais dans mn payer d origine à cause de Ma maladie en ce qui concerne le palu je compte prendre les medcment
pour le palu : le depistage se fait partout, avec examen de sang dit de la goutte épaisse. on peut même le faire dans les pays où l'on voyage si besoin. vous avez raison d'insister sur les symptomes FJ ou palu.
si je devais partir sans le vaccin de la FJ, j'irais dans une consultation spécialisée en maladie tropicale (tous les CHU en ont) pour discuter des précautions à prendre, (moustiques), des premiers symptomes et de ce que l'on doit faire en urgence si on les constate. je partirais avec des adresses et n° de tel d'urgence (au Mali) pour cela.
selon votre maladie, tout cela peut surement être discuté, organisé, mais surtout avec des medecins qui "s'y connaissent".
sur le passage de la frontière sans le vaccin, je ne peux rien en dire. perso, avec les indications et papier de mon medecin, je chercherais à prendre contact avec le consulat ou l'ambassade du Mali pour en parler ..... ??? pourquoi pas ! ils ont peut-être des solutions à proposer (pour passer sans graisser la patte à quiconque).
Bonjour
Le certificat de contre indication à la vaccination fièvre jaune est un document prévu dans le Réglement Sanitaire International. Il doit être délivré par les "autorités médicales compétentes" (en France un Centre de Vaccinations Internationales agrée pour la fièvre jaune, comme l'Institut Pasteur), et pour des raisons médicales précises.
Les voyageurs dans ce cas "peuvent être autorisés à rentrer sur le territoire" (ce n'est pas un droit)
si j'étais en juillet à bamako c'était pour enterrer mon meilleur ami, mon frère mort de la fièvre jaune..
en 48h00 chrono.
tes numéros d'urgences ne te serviront à rien si tu n'es pas vaccinée. déjà le vaccin n'offre pas 100% de protection..
tu peux faire des tests sur place mais impossible de se fier aux services médicaux locaux et encore moins en situation d'urgence, il n'y a pas de matos!! il n'y a pas de quoi soigner la capitale, et parfois même pour la bobologie, en ce moment c'est la cata locale.
c'est bien la première fois que je vais dire ceci, car jusqu’à présent il y avait toujours une solution.
Dans ton cas il n'y en a aucune!! même si tu prévois l'imprévisible, le risque est réel et sans vaccin (mon frère était vacciné et à jour) et je te dirai, n'y va pas !!
tu vas m’annoncer le rapatriement sanitaire comme argument?
je te répondrai que le Mali vit au jour le jour.. compte tenu des expériences locales, rien ne te prouve que l’aéroport ne subira pas d'autres contraintes politiques ou civiles.
Tu n'as aucune stabilité..
te voilà informée, maintenant avec un billet tu passera sans soucis, mais tu engages ta responsabilité.
bonne réflexion
Ce dernier message me fait encor plus peur mais bon j'y v en décembre pendant la saison froide et sèche donc moins de moustique et je pense que je ne suis pas la seule qui ce partir o Mali sans vaccin c sur je prend un grand risque mais g 30 ans et je ne me voit pas ne plus retourner dans mon pays d origine et je suis désoler pour ton amis
vraiment va voir un medecin qui seul pourra te donner des conseils éclairés
c'est effectivement la seule chose à faire
et je rajouterai : pas n'importe quel médecin (les généralistes sont parfois incompétents en maladies tropicales)
Il faut aller voir un médecin dans un centre de vaccination pour les voyages.
Bonjour vous aller bien? Je voulais savoir si vous avais réussi à partir au mali sans faire le vaccin de la fièvre jaune? Car je suis dans la même situation que vous ma maladi me permais pas de faire le vaccin.
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