1. Travel planning is smart and easy. Just do it!
2. Visit your healthcare professional at least 6 weeks before you leave home.
3. It's up to you to get vaccinated against infectious diseases and complete all the required doses.
4. Ask your healthcare professional if you will need malaria protection.
5. Remember that even popular tourist destinations like the Caribbean and Mexico can harbour disease risk.
6. Recognize the key factors that put you at risk for disease.
7. Choose food wisely when travelling - boil it, cook it or peel it!
8. Use common sense to reduce your chance of getting injured.
9. Learn everything you can about your destination by checking out books and websites well in advance.
10. Avoid becoming a target of criminals. Keep your head up, your eyes open and know who you're dealing with.

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DID YOU KNOW!

Twenty to 50% of travelers may develop diarrhea depending on the region of the world they visit. In fact, diarrhea is the most common illness of travelers.

Countries within the Yellow Fever Endemic Zone (as of July 2007)

Currently the Centre for Family Medicine, Travel Health Clinic is not licenced to administer the Yellow Fever Vaccine. Please make an appointment with the Region of Waterloo Public Health Department 519-883-2007.

Travel Health- Related Websites

• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Centre for Disease Control Travelers (CDC)
• Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
• Region of Waterloo Public Health (PH)

If you have a health plan ... vaccines and antimalarial drugs may be covered.

Click here to view a list of common vaccines/medications and their corresponding DIN (Drug Identification Number).

FACT SHEETS

Acetazolamide
Acetazolamide for Children
Avian Influenza
Chloroquine
Ciprofloxacin
DEET
Dengue Fever
Doxycycline
Dukoral
Hepatitis A Vaccine
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Injectable Typhoid Vaccine
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
Malarone
Mefloquine
Menactra
Rabies Vaccine
Tickborne Encephalitis
Traveller's Diarrhea in Adults and Children
Travelling with Diabetes
Twinrix Vaccine
ViVaxim Vaccine
Water Purification
Zithromax
Zithromax for Children
Yellow Fever Vaccine
Oral Typhoid Vaccine
Zostavax
Motion Sickness
Primaquine