TRAVEL HEALTH

BACKPACKERS / TRAVELLING TO EXOTIC PLACES/                  GAP YEAR TRAVELLERS

Planned your own trip?

Travelling on foot or public transport and staying in cheap accommodation?

Staying longer than four weeks?

Last minute booking?

 This can expose you to additional health risks.

VACCINATIONS: Did you know?

Completing all required vaccinations can take time.

Some vaccinations are given in courses of two or three doses.

Certain courses need 6 months to complete, to give adequate protection.

Not all vaccinations are free of charge.

Not all vaccinations can be given at Cogges Surgery.

It is very important to plan your trip well in advance.

The nurses will need time to plan your appropriate vaccination and travel schedule with you. The nurses can give you plenty of travel advice, including advice on malaria.

Please make a double appointment with Gill as soon as possible, even if you are not sure of your exact destinations. 

http://www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/home.aspx

Hepatitis A Vaccination

Booster dose

Have you had TWO doses? Is your course complete?

To give immunity for up to 20 years (current data) a reinforcing dose of Hepatitis A vaccine is required 6-12 months following the initial vaccination. If you have had only one dose of the vaccine you will only have immunity for one year.

Recent evidence suggests that successful boosting can occur even when reinforcing dose given after several years.                       

If you require a booster dose please book an appointment with Gill.