International Health
Liaison Office of the International Health Unit at the Mexico City International Airport (MCIA)
Main Role in the MCIA
- To comply with the General Law of Health in International health issues and international sanitary regulations, in order to apply preventive measures to those diseases under the International Health control (yellow fever, plague, cholera, malaria, measles, pandemic influenza and others determined by the OMS-OPS), and thereby strengthen the global response to the international spread of diseases in their area of competence. Preventing the entry of exotic diseases into our country treated as such any new disease or non-existent in the country. In order to prevent disease outbreaks that endanger the population, which should be done through interview, identification and registration of passengers arriving from countries reported by the World Health Organization as endemic areas or with presence of disease outbreaks that require International surveillance and epidemiological control.
- To comply with the General Law of Health in terms of sanitary control, monitoring the arrival, departures and disposal of organs, tissues, bodies of deceased individuals, human remains, people with illnesses, blood and its derivatives, in the Mexico City International Airport and others set by International treaties.
Directory, location and schedule
Terminal 1
- Location: International Arrivals, ground floor, before immigration checkpoint
- Telephone: 55-7132-86
- Telephone-Fax: 25-99-11-00
Terminal 2
- Location: international arrivals, top floor, before immigration checkpoint
- Telephones: 2598-7271 and 2598-7272
- Schedule: 24 hours, 365 days a year.
General Recommendations for the Passengers
For the arrival of passengers coming from endemic areas to yellow fever and cholera, the following is required by the international health staff:
- The vaccination card with current proof of vaccination for yellow fever and cholera.
Note: If you don't have this document to prove you're up-to-date with your immunizations, the staff will ask your contact information and/or phone number for follow-up on your health status through the medical personnel from the public health services in the Federal District.
For the service provided at arrivals and departures of corpses and human remains in the Mexico City International Airport, you must comply with the following
- The documentation required by the General Law of Health
- Rules of the General Law of Health in disease control for the disposal of internal organs, tissue samples, body parts, bodies of deceased individuals, ill persons, blood and its derivatives and others to set international treaties and conventions.
Persons affected by illness
- Medical summary provided by the health institution that is responsible for the shipping, in which they guarantee that the ill person is not carrying a contagious health problem
Shipping of Corpses and Arid Remains from one entity to another (Art.100, Secc.IV, Art. 104 Secc. I).
- Bodies of Deceased Individuals:
- Presentation of death certificate;
- Proof of embalming if, in accordance with technical standards issued by the Secretary of Health,
- Information about the transportation method via air, sea or land, and
- Information about the final destination of the body of deceased individuals.
- In the case of Arid Remains:
- Proof of burial;
- Information about the transportation method via air, sea or land, and
- Specified destination of the arid remains.
Admission or Leave in National Territory: Internal organs, tissue samples, bodies of deceased individuals and human arid remains. (Art. 100 Secc. LI, Art. 102 Secc. I, II and III).
- In Case of Internal Organs and Tissue Samples:
- Certification of a physician with legally issued title of the circumstances prior to the death of the person whose body had internal organs removed or tissue samples that require admission in the country;
- Constituting documentation of the educational institution or health care facility that requests the admission and information about the use of the internal organs or tissue samples, and
- Information about the recipient of the internal organs or simple tissues, if/when appropriate, inform the use that will be given to the organs and tissues.
- In case of Bodies of Deceased Individuals:
- Show death certificate, proof of embalming, translated into Spanish, and if necessary, notarized by the Mexican consular authorities,
- Bring proof of authorized international shipping issued by the health agencies from the country of origin (where the individual was deceased), if necessary, translated into Spanish and notarized by the Mexican consular authorities, and
- Show other documentation that may be required by international treaties, conventions and other current legal regulations.
- In case of Arid Remains:
- Proof of burial;
- Information about the transportation method via air, sea or land, and
- Specified destination of the arid remains.
- Admission or Leave in National Territory - Blood, its Components and Derivatives. (Art. 100, Secc. III, Art. 103 Secc. I and II).
- Certificate of the Health agency from the country of origin, translated into Spanish, if necessary, and certified by the Mexican consular authorities, describing the conditions and characteristics of the blood and its components or derivatives, and
- Constituent documentation of the Educational Institution or Health Care facility that requested the admission, and information on the destination facility that will use the blood, its components or derivatives.
The shipping of blood derivatives out of the national territory must be previously authorized, and comply with the regulatory requirements issued by the Secretary of Health, which will also specify the authorized emergency shipping.
All documents presented must be certified, both original and copy. The certified copy will be given to the International Health Unit at the MCIA, and the original documentation will be given to the persons responsible for the shipping.
Ashes: Do not require health certification seal. When you arrive to documentation and checkpoints, show the original of the death certificate and cremation certificate.
Person in Charge
Dr. María Guadalupe Sánchez Suárez
Head of the International Health Unit
Phone Numbers: Terminal 1: 5571-3286, Terminal 2:2598-7271 and 2598-7272
Mission
The presence of modern and efficient transport services for domestic and foreign passengers determine the demand for a structure of epidemiologic surveillance in international health in the areas of airports, seaports and land positions with international traffic. All this operation aims to prevent the spread in the country of the diseases considered object of international epidemiological surveillance, according to the rules, laws, national and international regulations (IHR), to prevent the modern and efficient passenger transport systems, both national and international, from spreading diseases that trigger epidemiological outbreaks or quarantinable diseases to the population.
International Health is responsible for implementing the policies in international health and preventive medicine that regulate the handling of immigrants and emigrants in transit at ports of arrivals and departures. The International Health Services rely on public health services of the Federal District and work in coordination with the Department of Epidemiology, based on the IHR and international organizations like the World Health Organization - Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO). These areas are responsible for carrying out epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control of epidemiological diseases (eradication, control and elimination, including measures against emerging diseases)..
Legal Basis
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Constitution of the United Mexican States.
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General Law of Health.
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Regulation of the General Law of Health in International Health Matters.
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International Health Regulations.
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Mexican Official Standards.
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Treaties, international conventions and other applicable regulations.
Objective
The International Health Unit's main objective is to comply with the Regulation on International Health within its jurisdiction, preventing from entering our country, those diseases that may be subject to international surveillance or quarantinable, which may trigger outbreaks and put the population at risk.
Authorized Units in other States of the Mexican Republic:
- Jalisco "Prevenir Centro de Vacunación Medicina Preventiva S.A."
- Address: José Guadalupe Zuno No. 2185 Col. Americana, Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Phone number: (0133) 3615 9268
- Nuevo León "Fundación VAX de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V."
- Address: Hidalgo número. 2425 Pte. Despacho 514, Col. Obispado Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Phone number: (0181) 8318-6847.
- Chihuahua "Clínica Médica Internacional"
- Address: Av. López Mateos No. 1030 Nte., Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua.
- Phone number: (0165) 6613-9611
- Distrito Federal: Centro de Salud "Dr. Ángel Brioso Vasconcelos"
- Address: Benjamín Hill No. 14, colonia condesa
- Phone number: (55) 52-77-63-11 ext: 2614, 4053
- Instituto Nacional de Nutrición (clínica del viajero) Zona de Hospitales
- Address: Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Col. Sección XVI Tlalpan
- Phone number: (55) 57-87-09-00 ext: 4013 and 4014
Some countries and regions that require proof of yellow fever vaccination for entry:
- America
- Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay
- Africa
- Angola, Cameroon, Liberia, Benin, Gambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, etc.
Additional Information
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