Niamey - Post Report Question and Answers

What do people who suffer from environmental or food allergies need to know?

Everyone here gets stomach bugs, eColi etc. All fruit must be rinsed in bleach solution. - Aug 2022


Not the place to have environmental/food allergies. - Jul 2019


It's dusty! - Oct 2017


Bring Claritin, Benadryl, Zyrtec, Sudafed, and an EpiPen! You never know what you will need and when. if you have known food allergies and use a pen, maybe eat at home because peanuts are everywhere (even sold in old liquor bottles!) so cross contamination from peanuts will happen in cookware in the restaurant's kitchen. - Aug 2015


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