Travel Medicine Services & Immunizations

[Carrie] Wherever your travels take you, Passport Health is your ideal travel companion. Passport Health is proud to provide first-class medical care, detailed destination-specific health advice, the highest quality customer service, and medical expertise based on decades of experience as a travel health industry leader. In short, Passport Health offers a complete and expert travel health solution. – [Customer] I’m here for my pre-travel health appointment before my trip to South Africa. – No matter your destination, Passport Health travel medicine specialists know all the right questions to ask to ensure optimal health and safe travels overseas. – [Employee] Okay, we’ve got this book made for you here. It’s specific to your itinerary, that you’re going to South Africa and Zambia. It’s got tons of information for you. – Wow. – The first page here is routine immunizations that everybody should have for your own health and safety before travel. The first one is a flu shot. Do you normally get a flu shot? – Yes, every year. – Great. Second one is MMR, or measles, mumps, or rubella. Have you had two doses in your lifetime? – Yes. – Okay. I see on your paperwork that you’ve had the chickenpox. Is that… – Yes. – …correct? Great. Next one is tetanus shot. Have you been…updated this in the past five years with the tetanus shot? – No. – Every five years, this should be updated if you’re traveling out of the country. If you stay in the U.S., it’s recommended every 10 years to have that updated. – Passport Health travel medicine specialists also consider the specific details of your itinerary to make sure all recommendations are specifically tailored to your individual travel plan. – The next section of the book tells you specifically what is recommended for South Africa and Zambia. The hepatitis A is recommended, the hepatitis B. Also, polio is recommended for Zambia. It’s recommended if there are still outbreaks, and Zambia does have outbreaks. Do you remember when your last polio vaccine was? – With decades of expertise, Passport Health’s travel health specialists can tell you exactly what vaccinations, medications, supplies, and strategies you’ll need to get through your trip as healthfully as possible. Passport Health specialists don’t just take pride in their knowledge of travel health, but also in their hands-on, friendly, caring approach to medicine. Passport Health travel medicine specialists can answer any question you may have, and our clinics provide a comfortable space to address all of your travel health needs. Call 1-888-499-7277, or visit passporthealthusa.com to find the Passport Health clinic nearest to you.