Travel Vaccines

The clinics offer a complete range of vaccinations which are required or recommended for international travel including:

 

• Adacel™ (diphtheria, tetanus & acellular pertussis)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis A/B (Twinrix™)
• Influenza (Flu)
• Japanese B Encephalitis
• Meningococcal Meningitis (quadravalent & conjugate C)
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella
• Pneumococcal - 7 (Prevnar™)
• Pneumococcal - 23 (Pneumovax™)
• Polio
• Rabies
• Shingles (Zostavax™)
• Tetanus/Diphtheria
• Typhoid (oral or injectable)
• Travellers Diarrhea/Cholera (Dukoral™)
• Tick-borne Encephalitis
• Varicella (chickenpox)
•  Yellow Fever

Travel Clinic Services

Every client who visits our clinic receives a personalized travel risk assessment consultation with our team of experienced physicians and nurses. Included in the consultation process is:

• Individual risk assessment to determine the traveller's health risks based on travel itinerary.
• Evaluation of any underlying health problems (e.g. pregnancy, chronic illness, immunodeficiency).
• Location of travel (rural or urban).
• Style of travel (e.g. first class, adventure).
• Anticipated travel activities (e.g. animal contact, fresh water exposure, sexual contact).
• Duration of travel (short or long-term).
• Age (child, adult or elderly).
• Current immunization status.
• Status of infectious diseases and other health risks at destinations during the proposed time of travel.
• Risk-reduction strategies, including recommended vaccines and behaviour modification to maintain health.
• Strategies for the management of illness while travelling.
• Provision of routine, recommended and required vaccines.
• Malaria prophylaxis advice & prescriptions as well as prescriptions for other medications such as traveller's diarrhea and altitude sickness.