The Importance of Travel Vaccinations
Travelling abroad? Then it’s important to make sure you plan ahead and get required travel vaccines. Vaccines protect travellers from serious diseases especially when travelling to new exotic places in Africa, Asia and South America. Planning is integral as it can take 8 weeks for some vaccines to become effective.
Getting vaccinated will help keep you safe and healthy and ensure you don’t bring anything home to your family and friends.
Here at Harley Street Healthcare Clinic, we have vaccination and Visa health packages that have you covered as you set off on your travel adventures.
What are Travel Vaccines and why are they necessary?
A vaccine biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. Therefore, they help in prevention rather than treatment of a disease once you have caught it.
Travel vaccines are designed to provide immunity against diseases found in other parts of the world. The main reasons why having to travel with vaccine is necessary before travelling to some regions of the world are:
Your health: Whilst abroad you may be exposed to contagious diseases that the routine NHS immunisation schedule doesn’t provide protection against. If you’re pregnant or have ongoing illnesses, you may need extra protection. Hence to stay safe it’s in the best interest to be vaccinated.
Required: Furthermore, some countries will not let you in without proof of vaccination for certain diseases. Travelling in developing countries and rural areas may bring you into contact with more diseases, which means you might need more vaccines before you visit.
Also, if taking out travel insurance, it may be requirement to have the required inoculations before travelling.
What Vaccines will I need?
This will depend on your destination, the activities you will understand there not the time in the year you’re travelling. You can speak to a healthcare advisor to get a better understanding or check yourself on the.
How far in advance should I get vaccinated?
It’s important to get vaccinated at least 4 to 8 weeks before you travel. This will give the vaccines time to start working, so you’re protected while you’re traveling. It will also usually make sure there’s enough time for you to get vaccines that require more than 1 dose.
It is essential to seek profession travel health advice well in advance of your journey. Read the latest advice for safe travel for the country you are travelling to on Gov.uk and TravelHealthPro.
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