Be sure to set up an appointment with your doctor 4-6 weeks before your trip.
- Most vaccines take time to be effective in your body and other must be given in a series over a period of days.
Talk to your doctor about routine, recommended, and required vaccines.
- Routine vaccines are for protection from diseases that are still common in many parts of the world even though they are rare in the United States.
- Recommended vaccines are vaccines designed to protect travelers from illnesses present in other parts of the world and to prevent the importation of infectious diseases across international borders
- These vaccines depend on destination, time of year, health status, and age.
- Required vaccines are determined by the International Health Regulation Department.
- Currently, the only required vaccine is for yellow fever and is only required if traveling to certain countries in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America
- Most vaccines take time to be effective in your body and other must be given in a series over a period of days.
Talk to your doctor about routine, recommended, and required vaccines.
- Routine vaccines are for protection from diseases that are still common in many parts of the world even though they are rare in the United States.
- Recommended vaccines are vaccines designed to protect travelers from illnesses present in other parts of the world and to prevent the importation of infectious diseases across international borders
- These vaccines depend on destination, time of year, health status, and age.
- Required vaccines are determined by the International Health Regulation Department.
- Currently, the only required vaccine is for yellow fever and is only required if traveling to certain countries in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America
For more information about a specific country, visit the CDC website @ http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/ and enter your destination of interest
Other Resources:
- www.who.int/ith/en/
- www.istm.org
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