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| If you are travelling with your baby or child you may wish to consider other vaccinations to provide protection against diseases prevalent in the countries you are travelling through. |
| Yellow fever is found in Central America and Africa and vaccination against this disease is an international requirement. The vaccine is safe for children over one year of age. You need to have the vaccine two weeks before you travel. It is a live vaccine and should not be given to pregnant women. |
| Hepatitis A is endemic in many deŽveloping countries - your doctor will be able to tell you if it is required in the country you are planŽning to travel to. The vaccine is safe for children over the age of one year. |
| Japanese B encephalitis is recomŽmended for some rural parts of Southeast Asia. Three injections are given over a one month period. |
| Typhoid vaccine can be given orally and is considered safe for children over the age of two. Three doses are given on alternate days. |
| Meningococcal vaccine is given by injection and is currently a requirement for Muslim pilgrims going on the Haj. It is given in a single dose and is safe for children 2 years and over. |
| Malaria vaccine is not available. Many parts of Southeast Asia are endemic for malaria. Your doctor will advise whether or not he recommends taking malarial pills. The anti-malarial pills will not stop you from contracting malaria, but if a malaria-carrying mosquito bites you, they will stop the disease from developing. You must start taking the pills two weeks before entering the malaria-infested area and continue for four weeks after you have left. Some of the malaria treatments are not effective since the mosquitoes have become resistant so you will need to check which is the best to take with your doctor. Malaria tablets can have very unpleasant side-effects so discuss your individual circumstances with the doctor and determine whether the tablets are necessary. The best protection against malaria is to use mosquito repellents, netting over your bed and long sleeves and trousers from dusk until dawn. |
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