West Africa is probably the one place on earth where you should protect yourself in every way from mosquitoes. Do not sleep without a net and do not go without malaria-medicine.
Also you need a yellow-fever vaccination to enter most (if not all) of these countries.
Remember to check all of your other vaccinations because many other might be necessary (meningitis, typhus, cholera, rabies).
The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about West Africa
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