Visas: A passport and a visa are required for entry, as is evidence of a yellow fever vaccination and a physician's letter attesting to absence of communicable diseases.  Visa applicants may also be asked to provide evidence of health insurance.  Immigration officials no longer issue visas at the airport.  Persons arriving without a visa may be deported immediately, without leaving the airport.
Health risks: As there is neither an effective garbage removal service nor a functioning sewer system, the level of sanitation throughout urban areas is very poor, which increases the potential for disease.  Upper respiratory infections and diarrhea are common, as well as the more serious diseases, typhoid and malaria.

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