Vaccines for Nigeria
Yellow fever, malaria and polio risk. You'll need a yellow fever certificate to come back to Pakistan.
Awaiting medical review
This page summarises the official sources listed below and hasn't been reviewed by our doctor yet. Check with a doctor before making decisions for you or your family.
Required to enter
A yellow fever certificate, for travellers aged 9 months and over arriving from a country with yellow fever risk. Travelling directly from Pakistan, you don't need it.
Also recommended
Yellow fever vaccine for all travellers aged 9 months and over.
Malaria prevention medicine: CDC advises it for all travellers.
Polio protection: CDC has an enhanced-precautions notice for polio, so check your polio vaccination too.
Coming back to Pakistan from a country with yellow fever risk (or after a transit there of more than 12 hours)? Pakistan asks travellers aged 1 year and over for a yellow fever certificate.
Leaving Pakistan: the polio certificate
Pakistan still has wild poliovirus, so WHO asks everyone who lives in Pakistan (or has stayed more than 4 weeks) to have a recent polio dose, recorded on an international certificate, before travelling abroad.
- Get one dose of polio vaccine (oral drops or the injection) between 4 weeks and 12 months before you travel. This applies at every age, including babies and older people.
- Get it at your District Health Office, and make sure your details are recorded.
- Download your digital certificate from NADRA's portal or the Pak Vaccination Pass app; the programme lists a fee of Rs 100.
- Leaving at short notice? Airport polio counters can vaccinate you and issue the certificate on the day.