visitors coming to rio de janeiro are not required to have a yellow-fever vaccination, although it is recommended if planning to travel to other parts of brazil such as the amazon - for a list of the areas connected to yellow fever click here.

additionally, visitors should be aware of the presence of hepatitis and hiv within a small percentage of individuals in the city - despite city programs of education and prevention, a certain percentage of the young population in rio de janeiro is not vaccinated against hepatitis.

anyone looking for information on vaccines while travelling aboard can check out the center for disease control cdc, whic recommends routine vaccines such as measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus - additionally vaccines include hepatitis a and b, typhoid, rabies, and yellow fever - to check on the latest health requirements, as posted by the center for disease control, click here.