Health information
Health Tips
For emergencies, there are many good private clinics and hospitals throughout the country, but the biggest and best equipped are located in Panama City. Important telephone numbers are: Police 104, Fire Department 103.
Panama requires a valid Yellow Fever Vaccination to enter the country when arriving from most African countries and many South American countries having registered cases of yellow fever. The list includes:
- Benin
- Cameroon
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Nigeria
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
- Sudan
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Ecuador
- French Guyana
- Peru
- Venezuela
We strongly urge each traveler to contact his / her travel agent to inquire about updated immunization requirements for travel to other countries and from other countries to Panama.

