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Suggest Vaccinations/medications Prior To My Visit To Nigeria?

hi. I am traveling to nigeria next tuesday 1st february to saturday. I am enquiring about the jabs/medication. I am going in to get it done tomorrow, 28th january but i just want to know whether this will have any affect on me as i been told from various sources that it may not. Obviously i do not want to fall ill while there and want to ensure that the medication i take will work. thanks
Wed, 12 Nov 2014
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Thankyou for Very important and nice questions
Before travelling make sure about your routine vaccines.
First you should know what diseases are common in Nigeria.For example,Malaria,Hepatitis B,HIV,yellow fever,Hepatitis A,and Typhoid.
I would suggest
1. Hepatitis A vaccine,because you could get infection through contaminated water and food.
2.Typoid vaccine..It would prevent if you are travelling to rural or smaller cities of Nigeria.
3.The Government of Nigeria would require proof that you have got yellow fever vaccine if you are travelling from the country where yellow fever is common.
4.Take strict precaution to prevent from HIV,Hepatitis B and other STD(sexualy transmited diseases).
5.For Malaria chemoprophylaxis, I would suggest chemoprophylaxis 1 week before departure until 4 weeks after return.
Recommended medicines are either Atovaquone
-proguanil ,doxycycline or mefloquine.

Hope my answer is helpfull for you,if you have any further quiry plz dont hesitate to ask.
regards,
Dr.Maheshwari
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Suggest Vaccinations/medications Prior To My Visit To Nigeria?

Thankyou for Very important and nice questions Before travelling make sure about your routine vaccines. First you should know what diseases are common in Nigeria.For example,Malaria,Hepatitis B,HIV,yellow fever,Hepatitis A,and Typhoid. I would suggest 1. Hepatitis A vaccine,because you could get infection through contaminated water and food. 2.Typoid vaccine..It would prevent if you are travelling to rural or smaller cities of Nigeria. 3.The Government of Nigeria would require proof that you have got yellow fever vaccine if you are travelling from the country where yellow fever is common. 4.Take strict precaution to prevent from HIV,Hepatitis B and other STD(sexualy transmited diseases). 5.For Malaria chemoprophylaxis, I would suggest chemoprophylaxis 1 week before departure until 4 weeks after return. Recommended medicines are either Atovaquone -proguanil ,doxycycline or mefloquine. Hope my answer is helpfull for you,if you have any further quiry plz dont hesitate to ask. regards, Dr.Maheshwari