Eswatini travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Eswatini, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Eswatini: Eswatini.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Hepatitis A and typhoid
- Tetanus up to date
- Malaria prophylaxis for the eastern lowveld from November to May — Mbabane and the Ezulwini valley are malaria-free
- Rabies for longer or rural stays
Emergency number
977 for an ambulance, 999 for police
Care for visitors
Limited
Basic, with shortages of common medicines. Mbabane and Manzini have private clinics; anything serious is a drive to Mbombela or a flight to Johannesburg across the South African border. Bring what you take, and evacuation cover.
Malaria is confined to the east — Lubombo and the eastern halves of the other three regions, where Hlane and Mlawula are — and mostly from November to May. Eswatini has the highest HIV prevalence in the world. Cattle and goats on unlit roads make night driving the thing to avoid.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
