Deployment: Central America

Honduras: Environmental health factors posing the greatest risk to forces deployed to Honduras include: water contaminated with raw sewage and industrial wastes. Pre-deployment immunizations for all personnel include Hepatitis A, MMR, Td, Influenza and Typhoid. Selected personnel may require other vaccines as dictated by appropriate medical authority. Malaria risk is variable. Chart of immunization information

For general information visit the CIA World Factbook: Honduras. Guatemala: Environmental factors posing the greatest health risk (in descending order) to forces deployed to Guatemala include: water contaminated with raw sewage, and agrochemical and industrial wastes, localized poor air quality (Guatemala City), high temperatures, and localized high altitudes (southwest). Pre-deployment immunizations for all personnel include Hepatitis A, MMR, Td, Influenza and Typhoid. Selected personnel may require other vaccines as dictated by appropriate medical authority. Malaria risk is variable. Chart of immunization information For general information visit the CIA World Factbook: Guatemala.

Source: CIA World Factbook: Guatemala