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Home  >  World  > Europe  > Norway Health   Special Precautions Certificate Required Yellow Fever No No Cholera No No Typhoid and Polio No N/A Malaria No N/A Other risks: Hepatitis C may be present. Rabies is only present on the islands of Svalbard. Health care: There are reciprocal health agreements with most European countries. The agreement with the UK allows free hospital in-patient treatment and ambulance travel on presentation of a UK passport. The cost of other treatment (including tooth extractions) may be partially refunded under the Norwegian social insurance scheme. Before leaving Norway, receipts should be presented at the social insurance office (Trygdekasse) of the district where treatment was carried out. Chemists are called Apotek. Standards of health care are high. Copyright © 2003 Columbus Publishing Ltd. Terms and Conditions apply.