Traveling to West Africa

CDC has issued a Warning, Level 3 travel notice for United States citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. CDC has also issued an Alert, Level 2 travel notice for travelers to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, urging them to protect themselves by avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are sick with Ebola.

The State University of New York (SUNY) has directed all campuses to prohibit campus-sponsored travel to countries where the CDC has issued a travel warning. Thus, Stony Brook University prohibits campus-sponsored travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

All students, faculty, and staff planning to travel to any West African country are reminded to follow the University International Travel Policy, obtain the appropriate approvals, and complete and submit the required forms.  Please go to http://globalaffairs.cc.stonybrook.edu/ITP/international_travel_policy.html

CDC recommends that if you must travel (for example, to do for humanitarian aid work in response to the outbreak) protect yourself by following CDC’s advice for avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are ill with Ebola.

For more information about the travel alerts, and how to protect yourself, see Travelers’ Health Ebola web page at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices