However, as shown above, using the stringent proof-of-vaccination via card to determine outcome did not bias our results significantly if infants with maternal recall of vaccine receipt were also included as fully immunized.
* Source: Convenience sample of Ontario PHUs (n = 6) ** Includes carbon copies, consent forms, vaccine administration forms, proof of vaccination printing, toner etc. - Listed costs are total annual costs, rather than unit costs.
Until recently, the Saudi authorities asked for proof of vaccination when pilgrims applied for visas and forcibly vaccinated only those arriving from countries where polio was endemic.
During preparations for PsA-TT campaigns, all countries planned to make vaccination cards available at all vaccination posts, and all those vaccinated were to receive these cards as proof of vaccination.
Presently, Saudi Arabia requires proof of vaccination with a quadrivalent meningococcal serogroup A, C, W-135, and Y vaccine to issue Hajj pilgrimage visa for all arrivals.
Going Abroad Travelers going to certain countries or crossing borders in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America may need to get a vaccination against yellow fever; proof of vaccination may be required.
A3 Polio Restrictions in Mecca Saudi Arabia, which gets millions of visitors each year making their pilgrimage to Mecca, has ordered all young visitors from countries with polio cases to bring proof of vaccination, the World Health Organization announced.
That letter came on the heels of another sent on Nov. 1, by the Prince George's County state's attorney, Glenn F. Ivey, informing parents that their children would be withdrawn from school until the school received proof of vaccination.
Materials such as the official visa application form, tickets in and out of Brazil, and proof of vaccination for yellow fever might be required.
The actual number may be much higher because an estimated 300,000 Texan children are schooled at home, says Susan Wootton, an infectious disease pediatrician at the University of Texas in Houston; though the law requires these kids to be immunized too, parents don't need to submit proof of vaccination.
