Sign-in to Ask A Doctor - 24x7
OR
Sign in with GoogleGet your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
Is There Any Preventive Injection To Be Taken Before Travel Overseas?
Can you please let me know what injections we need for travel to PNG. (Staying 4 days at Kokopo/Rabaul, East New Britain Province & 5 days with aid workers in Buka, Bougainville.) Had combined Hep A+Typhoid 1st in October 2008 Had Hep A 2nd in October 2010; daughter had Hep A 2nd Harvrix / Jnr in December 2009 Thanks
Sat, 17 May 2014
**
1. Before travelling overseas, certain vaccinations are necessary as:
i. Yellow fever vaccine: 0.5 ml [I/M] intramuscular, single dose
ii. general: typhoid & cholera vaccine
iii. Meningococcal vaccine: 0.5 ml [I/M; S.C.] sub cutaneous, single dose.
iv. Kala Azar vaccine is recommended
2. Your Doctor may prescribe preventive or prophylactic anti malarial/ rabies/japanese encephalitis medications if you are traveling to a risk area
3. precautions to take: in general,and depending upon the destination, care to be taken in extreme hot or extreme cold weathers and high altitudes.
. Take sufficient stocks of common drugs:
- as contacting a doctor is difficult during the tight schedules of travelling.
- all medicines may not be available at every place
1. Before travelling overseas, certain vaccinations are necessary as:
i. Yellow fever vaccine: 0.5 ml [I/M] intramuscular, single dose
ii. general: typhoid & cholera vaccine
iii. Meningococcal vaccine: 0.5 ml [I/M; S.C.] sub cutaneous, single dose.
iv. Kala Azar vaccine is recommended
2. Your Doctor may prescribe preventive or prophylactic anti malarial/ rabies/japanese encephalitis medications if you are traveling to a risk area
3. precautions to take: in general,and depending upon the destination, care to be taken in extreme hot or extreme cold weathers and high altitudes.
. Take sufficient stocks of common drugs:
- as contacting a doctor is difficult during the tight schedules of travelling.
- all medicines may not be available at every place
I find this answer helpful
1 user finds this helpful
Note: For further inquiries, we recommend seeking guidance from an expert homeopath. Click here to consult now
Disclaimer: These answers are for your information only and not intended to replace your relationship with your treating physician.
This is a short, free answer.
For a more detailed, immediate answer, try our premium service
[Sample answer]
Related questions you may be interested in
Loading Online Doctors....