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For specific health information for travelers to Madagascar, please see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/madagascar.
Visitors are strongly urged to purchase medevac insurance prior to arrival. Local hospitals do not conform to U.S. standards, especially for emergency care, and evacuation to South Africa or Mauritius is expensive. In the event of a medical emergency, visitors should ask to be taken to the Polyclinique Ilafy and should notify the Embassy Consular Section at: http://www.antananarivo.usembassy.gov. Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.
Visitors are strongly urged to purchase medevac insurance prior to arrival. Local hospitals do not conform to U.S. standards, especially for emergency care, and evacuation to South Africa or Mauritius is expensive. In the event of a medical emergency, visitors should ask to be taken to the Polyclinique Ilafy and should notify the Embassy Consular Section at: http://www.antananarivo.usembassy.gov. Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.