Travel Vaccinations

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Travel Vaccine Information

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Globalization facilitates the spread of disease and increases the number of travelers who will be exposed to a different health environment. Major content areas of travel medicine include the global epidemiology of health risks to the traveler, vaccinology, malaria prevention, and pre-travel counseling designed to maintain the health of the approximately 600 million international travelers. It has been estimated that about 80 million travelers go annually from developed to developing countries.

Travel medicine includes pre-travel consultation and evaluation, contingency planning during travel, and post-travel follow-up and care. Information is provided by the WHO that addresses health issues for travelers for each country as well as the specific health risks of air travel itself. Also, the CDC publishes valuable and up-to-date information. Key areas to consider are vaccination and the six I’s:

1. Insects: repellents, nets, medication
2. Ingestions: safety of water, food
3. Indiscretion: HIV, sexually transmitted disease
4. Injuries: accident avoidance, personal safety
5. Immersion: schistosomiasis
6. Insurance: coverage and services during travel, access to care

Other Travel Related Diseases

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Other diseases to be aware of when travelling are:

* Dengue Fever
* Malaria
* Meningococcal Meningitis
* Other stains of hepatitis
* HIV/AIDS

Yellow Fever

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Vaccination against Yellow Fever may be necessary for travellers to certain regions in Africa, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Typhoid Fever

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Travellers heading to developing countries in Asia (especially India), Africa (north and west), and Central and South America (especially Peru) may wish to get vaccinated for Typhoid Fever.

Cholera Disease and Vaccine

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Vaccination against cholera is recommended for emergency relief and health care workers travelling to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa.

Japanese Encephalitis

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Japanese Encephalitis may be a risk for travellers to:

* Bali
* Bangladesh
* Cambodia
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* Thailand
* Timor
* Torres Strait islands
* Vietnam

Hepatitis A

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Hepatitis A can easily be spread through personal contact, eating contaminated raw seafood or drinking contaminated water, so you may consider getting vaccinated against it no matter where you are headed.

Travel Vaccination

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Australia is one of the safest countries in the world to travel around. You are unlikely to pick up a travel related disease while travelling here but that is not the case for many other regions in the world. High risk areas include many parts of Asia, Africa, and South America. As usual, prevention is generally better than the cure so we recommend discussing your travel plans with your doctor well in advance of your departure date. Your doctor can suggest preventative measures such as getting travel vaccinations, avoiding mosquitos, and reducing the risk of drinking contaminated water. Diseases which you can be vaccinated for include:

* Hepatitis A
* Hepatitis B
* Cholera
* Japanese Encephalitis
* Rabies
* Typhoid Fever
* Yellow Fever

Travel Vaccinations

2007-08-14T03:54:00.000-07:00

Travel vaccinations are required when travelling to many regions around the world. However, many people don't seem to be aware that this is still the case. Maybe they think that vaccines are no longer necessary and it's safe to travel everywhere. Well, that is definitely not the case.

It's best to check the latest travel vaccine advice months before you take a trip. You need to do it well in advance because some vaccines but be given 2 or 3 times over a few weeks or months. Your doctor can tell you if this is the case or not.

So I'll be posting some information about which travel vaccinations are required for which countries. I don't want you to come down with a nasty disease while you are holiday and I'm sure that's the last thing you'd want too.