Hi, Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks Jonathan. I think sometimes a little bit of hysteria takes over. But, maybe being over prepared is better than not.

My preventatives will probably be Sunscreen and Immodium.

cheers.. Don

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Happy New Year!
I would strongly advise Typhoid vaccination as I do remember outbreaks of this when I lived in Aden. These outbreaks were mainly in schools in Big Aden but one time The Rex Italian restaurant in the crescent was closed for Typhoid & my family & I had eaten in there the day before. Typhoid does tend to be waterborne
& people can be carriers so if this is the only vaccination you have it would be well worth it.
As for snakes I was nearly bitten on 2 occasions in our garden in Ghadir. The Yemeni scorpions can give a fatal sting too, no need for hysteria just be vigilant

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I don't remember having an anti malarial injection prior to being sent out to Aden. I'm not sure that one was available.
In Borneo, a few years earlier, we had to take a vile tasting little yellow pill called Paludrine every morning. This wasn't part of the routine in Aden, though, so maybe the risk wasn't that high.
Snakes? Quite a few up country (Al Habilayn/Radfan) but they mostly left us alone unless we antagonized them.

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