Morroco in Africa

hello,

no need vaccinations

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Sotiria Nice Africa wrote:

I  would  like  please  to  ask  if  someone     want  to  Live permanently  in  Morroco  in  Africa   if  have  to  do  vaccinations ?

Don't ask for medical advice on a forum such as this. Go and see a qualified medical practitioner.

And I can tell you that the dangers of asking for advice from unqualified people are evident seeing as, according to my qualified practitioner, what you have been told in the previous post by Winona119 is completely wrong. You'll also find that all government websites say that for LIVING in Morocco, several vaccinations are needed.

So go and see your doctor or go to a specialist travel clinic. Don't take my word for it!

Yes:

Small Pox, Cholera, Hepatitis A & B, Diphteria, Tetanos, Typhoid, and Poliomyélite.

You are not required by law to have those vaccinations though. It is however advised to your personal benefit that you try to at least get as many as possible ( especially Cholera, Typhoid, and Tetanos ) and be careful ( use Bottled Mineral Water or Boil Water before drinking, avoid coffee shops and restaurants anywhere except large metropolitan cities ( Tanger, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fes, Agadir, Essaouira ) and purchase only wrapped food and watch the choice of hotels. Also, refrain from unsafe sexual activity and watch personal hygiene.

Good Luck.

Welcome to the Kingdom of the Sunset. Be Safe

Cheers

Smallpox? What on earth are you talking about? Smallpox has been eradicated from the planet or hadn't you noticed?

Moreover, you should not be giving medical advice on a forum such as this. The only possible correct advice to give is to tell the OP to see a medical professional.

As for the rest of what you say, so much is wrong I barely know where to start. It is perfectly safe to drink tap water without boiling it in all areas that are connected to the national supplier. This is even more germane for someone who proposes to live here.

Be sensible as to where to eat, but the advice only to buy wrapped food is nonsense too. In general, eating where lots of locals are eating is perfectly safe (snack bars, fish restaurants, rotisseries) - after all, the owner is hardly going to poison his clients. In addition, eating where there is a high turnover of food ensures that you are eating where the food is fresh. This doesn't have to be in large conurbations. I've had some wonderful meals in small towns. Just be sure there are lots of locals eating there too! Wash fruit in tap water and/or peel the skin. Do the same with vegetables - I assume that if you are coming here to live, you'll be staying somewhere with a kitchen. How could anyone spend time actually living here and only buy wrapped food? Get meat from a reputable butcher or the supermarket.

Try to avoid antiseptic wipes and stick with soap and water. Try not to put your hands near your mouth at any time, but especially after handling money.

Nothing is infallible. You are bound to get a gippy tummy at some point. But you can minimise the risks without going overboard.

Cruentos Solum wrote:

be careful ( use Bottled Mineral Water or Boil Water before drinking, avoid coffee shops and restaurants anywhere except large metropolitan cities ( Tanger, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fes, Agadir, Essaouira ) and purchase only wrapped food and watch the choice of hotels. Also, refrain from unsafe sexual activity and watch personal hygiene.

Well, I don't know what's going on here, but you really need to make your mind up. On this thread:--

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 27#2026428

You say this:--

"The water is pretty much clean from the tap in most big cities, however, be advised that sometimes even locals use bottled mineral water".

And this:--

"Food is alright, your budget would be anywhere between 2 US$ and 200 US$ a day for food, depending on whether you prefer fast food or fancy dining and wining. A lot of the seafood places are genuine, and the upscale ones offer excellent service"

I've got a handle on it though. You are copying and pasting from other people's blogs. Moreover, they are blogs by people who do not know Morocco very well and are clearly aimed at visitors, not residents.

Your answers are not germane to the thread's questions.

siziff wrote:

no need for it as far as i know .

Don't give medical advice on forums. The OP should see a qualified medical practitioner.

laduqesa wrote:

siziff wrote:

no need for it as far as i know .

Don't give medical advice on forums. The OP should see a qualified medical practitioner.

"As far as [you] know"

This is precisely why people should not be giving medical advice on any forum.

Not really.

If you plan to bring children though, you must. There is no one to tell you this, but there are health hazards such as Cholera, Measles, and Small Pox that children do get automatically vaccinated for in Morocco, and all expats are "assumed" to have them upon arrival ( tap water is not always safe, swimming pool and beach/ocean, fast food places, public lavatories, ... ).

There are vaccines for hepathitis too ( b and c or d I'm not sure ). My Uncle is a Doctor that performs such vaccines if you wish, I can forward you to his clinic, although you would be better off getting vaccinces from Government Hospitals because they are known to have "good quality" vaccinces, subsidised by foreign missions and the french government.

If you need any further advice, please let me know. Would be happy to help.

redrebo@hotmail.com

Welcome to Morocco. My country is clean, but there is "dirt" everywhere on this planet...

I'm Moroccan. I don't know of any blogs that say the truth. Anyways, what's the contradiction? I'm reading the post again just in case :p I hate to give you false information, and I am in Morocco right now so I can just go out and check for you Which is the original idea...

The post says:

be careful ( use Bottled Mineral Water or Boil Water before drinking, avoid coffee shops and restaurants anywhere except large metropolitan cities ( Tanger, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Fes, Agadir, Essaouira )

And the second one says:

The water is pretty much clean from the tap in most big cities, however, be advised that sometimes even locals use bottled mineral water


Sounds the same to me. My sister lives in "Bouskoura", a suburb of Casablanca, for example. There, tap water is not safe, she spends a lot of her budget on Mineral Water. Where I live, the Capital City, ( Rabat ), I wouldn't pay for Mineral Water that tastes worse, looks worse, and is definitely not getting the same kind of attention as the water provided to me for a nominal fee ( well okey, the price is about 10 times as much for Utilities in Rabat as it is in other cities, thus the concern, the companies do not have the same experience and oh by the way, there are many, and so the French Redal, serving Rabat, for example, is very reliable for around 100 $ a month ( electricity and water ), as opposed to the "2 dollars" I pay for water for my shop, for example provided by ONEP ( Office National d'Eau Potable, or National Office for Drinking Water ), which is also where Redal get their water, but REDAL furthermore goes to treat the water with Chlorine and add mineral salts and stuff...

There are beach resorts with the same kind of problem, for example Martil ( up North ) does not always have safe drinking water ( water shortages in the North REgion of the country ), and also, down south ( Marrakech suburbs, Agadir suburbs ), usually get water from Dams which are not very close or from wells, which are not very clean.

The main cities however all take into consideration "tourism" and "hygiene" ( even amongst locals, this is an important matter ), so pretty much anywhere where a McDonalds exists, is safe to drink water from the tap. My wife ( Expat ) used to bring toilet seat covers from Canada with her so that's also a safe practice, although I wouldn't recommend using lavatories in most public places, save for ranked hotels ( 3 stars and above ). Even some classy establishments may have sanitation problems as they do not necessarily use sterilizing and detergeants altogether.

Remember, this is Morocco, and things cost more money and people make less of it.

Oh, for smallpox, I don't know about the sickness being eradicated, but the vaccine stands.

At any rate, better safe than sorry. We have not necessarily kept up with the "technical advance" of the planet in the right way, i.e., the news may make it, but not necessarily understood. Yeah, we know about Cholera too, but we're just lazy...

Cruentos Solum wrote:

There are vaccines for hepathitis too ( b and c or d I'm not sure ).

So, for heaven's sake, why are you persisting in giving advice on vaccinations? You've already shown yourself to be wrong with your injunction that the OP should get a smallpox vaccination and later you admitted that you didn't know it had been eradicated.

To anyone reading this thread, please take note of the dangers of asking for medical advice on forums such as these. I repeat, go and see a qualified medical practitioner.