Travel Clinics

Many travelers including myself fail to get the proper health vaccinations before going overseas. The last time I had even to think about preventive health issues was a trip I planned to Egypt back in the late nineties.

Many travelers especially in the United States do not realize how prevalent diseases are outside of the US.

It is recommended a visit to a travel clinic four to six weeks before an international trip or your local health professional such as your family doctor.

Be sure to give your doctor all the information needed to make recommendations. Examples of these factors include:

• Where you are traveling within a country,
• The length of your trip,
• What types of activities you might do,
• Other personal matters such as your age, medical and vaccine history, and current medical state.

Health Organizations –      Click on the link to your left for further information.

These organizations provide directories of travel clinics in the United States:

•International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) (travel medicine specialists)

•American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) (infectious disease specialists who may or may not practice travel medicine)

If yellow fever vaccine is recommended for or required by your destination, you’ll need to go to an authorized vaccine center. Many yellow fever vaccine centers also provide other pre-travel health care services.

Dan