Suriname - Health & Safety

Vaccinations
Recommended vaccinations
None
Medicines
Availability medicines
Medium

We suggest to bring always a small travel pharmacy and to stipulate a health insurance which covers medical expenditures, the eventual airplane emergency repatriation or transfer to another country.

Cautions
Diseases - infections
Chikungunya, Hiv - aids, Malaria, Typhus
Diseases - infections risks
Medium
Food and beverages

We recommend not to drink water before it has been bolied or filtered, only drink water from sealed bottles without adding ice. Drink only pasteurized milk and boil it before consuming it. Only eat well cooked food, especially in case of pork. Prefer fruit that can be peeled and boiled vegetables. Avoid to eat food from street vendors and trust only safe restaurants.