Travel Vaccinations & Medicine

Travel medicine is what's keeping you safe and healthy when you travel internationally. It is the whole practice of providing pre-travel preventative care and includes:

Providing immunizations

Providing preventative medications such as antimalarials and antidiarrheals

Education on precautions regarding food and water, insect bites, altitude sickness, etc.

Information on environmental hazards such as pollution, high altitude, and traffic safety

Preparing and addressing traveler’s special needs such as those with diabetes and infants

Travel by Location

These are the recommended vaccines by medical experts on each location.

Vaccines for Africa

Vaccines for SouthEast Asia

Vaccines for Caribbean and Mexico

Vaccines for Europe

Vaccines for Oceania

Vaccines for South America

Travel Diseases

These are the most common travel diseases that are fatal but easily preventable

CHIKUNGUNYA

In a language spoken in Tanzania and Mozambique, ‘Chikungunya’ means ‘walking bent over’, which may result from severe joint pain

DIPHTHERIA

An estimated 5-10% of people who get the infection will die from complications

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS

JE virus is the most important cause of viral encephalitis in Asia.

MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

RABIES

Rabies is a viral disease, which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories.
Once symptoms are present, rabies is almost always fatal.