Turkmenistan travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Turkmenistan, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Turkmenistan: Ashgabat.
Required to enter
Nothing. No vaccination certificate is asked for at the border.
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Tetanus up to date
Emergency number
03 for an ambulance, 02 for police
Care for visitors
Evacuation likely
Poor, and the state system is not one a visitor would want to test. Ashgabat has a hospital that treats foreigners for cash; anything serious is a flight out, and the guide will know the drill. Bring every medicine you might need.
Heat is the hazard: over 40°C for the whole summer, and the desert trip to the crater is a night in it. Tap water is not drunk. The internet is filtered, which matters if you were counting on looking something up.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
