Travel Jabs
- Rabies x3 jabs you need 3 jabs with intervals of a week £15 per jab
- Japanese Encephalitis x2 jabs £35 per jab
- Hepatitis A 1x jab £35
- Hepatitis B x 3 jabs £28 per jab
- Polio – free from the NHS woohoo
- Diphtheria / tetanus – free from the NHS
- Typhoid still to get this one
The only one i didnt seem to need was a yellow fever jab, although you have keep an eye on this depending on where you go in Africa. No side effects to report, bit of a sore arm, you may get some funny looks if you go swimming, lots of needle marks and bruises in your arm? Tends to look a bit dodgy, unless your nearest swimming pool is in Leith.
And that’s about it for travel jabs, you still need anti malarial pills I’ve opted for doxycycline (6 months worth), there are couple of options for malaria pills but this seems most commonly used with very few side effects (You may become more sensitive to the sun) its also used as an antibiotic so will help you out with little cuts etc and any other dodgy bugs you pick up along the way. They can be purchased either 40p per tab from the travel clinic or if you sweet talk your GP you can get a prescription and shop around for them, Sainsbury’s seems pretty good 30p per tab I’ve heard asda is good also but not confirmed.
Grand total
Travel Jabs £234
Malaria pills £70
Travel Jabs Related links
Yellow fever
Info about travel jabs with clickable map
World Health Organization travel page
Information on malaria and its prevention as well as general travel health advice.
Bird Flu - HN51 information