If you have already made an appointment to see our travel doctor, then please read this page as it will make your visit easier to understand and more pleasant when discussing travel vaccinations 

• We stock all vaccines, including the yellow fever  vaccine (costs $95)
• If you are unsure of what vaccines you may have had in the past or lost your vaccine records or plunket book, we can request a blood test to test for immunity.
• Our travel doctor will advise you on the vaccines necessary depending on you, your health, your trip and your activities.
• We only give you what you really need; we minimise your pain and expense by tailoring your immunisations for you, your health and your trip.
• We will offer you combination vaccines where possible (ie. one injection with several vaccines)
• Please don't commit to a course of vaccinations if you cannot complete eg hepatitis A or B
• It is important to be up-to-date with your usual routine vaccinations eg tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B (~ 110 000 have chronic hepatitis B in NZ), measles, chicken pox and others.
• Recommended vaccines vary for different countries, and you will be advised by the travel doctor
• Hepatitis A is the most commonly recommended vaccine, followed by typhoid, rabies, and the oral E.Coli vaccine (for travellers diarrhoea).
• Hepatitis A (adult dose) is $100 and the the combination Hepatitis a+B is $105
• Vaccine costs vary in price from $25 to as high as ~ $300  for specialised vaccines like Japanese Encephalitis
• Some vaccines appear expensive but give you long term to lifelong immunity eg rabies, hepatitis A+B
• Finally, you decide what vaccines you wish to have depending on your budget and the degree of protection you want

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