Travel
Clinic
Return to Health
Promotion
Travel
Clinic
If
you feel you may need immunisations for foreign travel you should attend travel
clinic well in advance, and certainly at least 4 weeks prior to departure.
To attend Travel Clinic telephone the Treatment Room to make an appointment,
please be aware that you will have to pay for Malaria prophylaxis (approx
£50), and Rabies (£120), Japanese
B encephalitis (£95), Hepatitis B (£78) and Yellow Fever (£45) immunisations.
Bideford Medical Centre does not have the facilities for credit or
debit card payments, please bring cash or a cheque book.
Every traveller should take precautions
against mosquito bites, and remember to aid vulnerable parties travelling with
them (children and the elderly) to do the same-
- Wear
trousers and long sleeved tops
- Use
insect repellent on the skin
- Use
a mosquito net soaked in insect repellent/insecticide
For further information:
www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
www.nathnac.org
www.dh.gov.uk
