Yellow fever vaccination for the Jordanian peace keeping forces

To report the complications of yellow fever vaccine among Jordanian Peace Keeping Force in Eritrea a total of 963 military personnel were deployed in Eritrea as United Nations Peace Keeping Forces. They were immunized according to United Nations recommendations. All individuals were vaccinated against [hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, meningitis and tetanus on July 30, 2002]. Vaccination against yellow fever was carried out 1 month earlier. All immediate and late side effects were reported. the overall immediate side effects were 3.6%. the most common side effect was headache. Serious complications such as encephalitis and renal failure were not reported. yellow fever vaccine is relatively safe vaccine and should be given for those traveling to endemic areas