Includes health and sanitation standards within the country, as well as any potential health risks that businesspeople should be aware of. Includes any mandatory or highly recommended vaccinations.
Last Published: 2/28/2017
For specific health information for travelers to Madagascar, please see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/madagascar. 
 
Visitors are strongly urged to purchase medevac insurance prior to arrival.  Local hospitals do not conform to U.S. standards, especially for emergency care, and evacuation to South Africa or Mauritius is expensive.  In the event of a medical emergency, visitors should ask to be taken to the Polyclinique Ilafy and should notify the Embassy Consular Section at: http://www.antananarivo.usembassy.gov.
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