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- Confirm primary courses and boosters are up to date as recommended
in the vaccination schedule - including vaccines given to special groups
because of risk exposure or complications (e.g. hepatitis B for health care
workers, influenza and pneumococcal vaccines for the elderly).
- Vaccines sometimes advised: hepatitis A.
- Yellow fever certificate mandatory if over 1 year old and
entering from an area with risk of yellow fever transmission and travelling to the Azores and Madeira.
- Rabies is not normally present but animal or bat bites
should always be assessed carefully.
Notes on the diseases mentioned above
- Hepatitis A is spread through contaminated food and water
and cause liver inflammation and jaundice. In risk areas you should be immunised
if good hygiene is impossible.
- Malaria - See Map not normally present unless the illness was contracted abroad.
Discovery Travel
Network has used information supplied from www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
please visit this site for up to date information.
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