Mexico Health Information
| Comprehensive health insurance is recommended. Medical facilities are very good and there are both private and state-organised hospitals, doctors, clinics and chemists. Medicines are often available without prescriptions, and pharmacists are permitted to diagnose and treat minor ailments. Owing to the high altitude of Mexico City, visitors may take some time to acclimatise to the atmosphere, particularly since its geographical location results in an accumulation of smog. The levels of pollution in Mexico City are extremely high and are considered a health threat, so precautions should be taken. | |||||||||||||||
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| 1 Cholera is a risk in Mexico. 2 Immunisation against typhoid is sometimes recommended. 3 Malaria risk, almost exclusively in the benign vivax form, exists in rural areas of the following states (in decreasing order of risk): Chiapas, Quintano Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Chihuahua, Durango, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sonora, Campeche, Guerrero, Michoacán and Jalisco. The recommended prophylaxis is chloroquine. | |||||||||||||||
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