Travel Clinic

The Travel Clinic is run by specialists from the Department of Infectious Disease.

Our team of doctors and nurses offer comprehensive pre-travel advice and country specific recommendations prior to your trip.

Clinical Services

The services we offer in the clinic include:

• Country specific health advice 
• Full range of travel vaccines 
• Latest international travel health news based on international disease outbreak
• Anti Malarial prophylaxis and prevention advice 
• Altitude sickness advice and prevention 
• Health screening and vaccination for overseas study / attachment requirement
• Post travel consultation and treatment including post rabies exposure prophylaxis, malaria treatment, traveler’s diarrhoea and other infections
• Occupational health vaccinations : vaccinations for healthcare worker, laboratory workers and others 
• Non travel related eg: zoster vaccine consult and TB screening

It is advisable to visit the Travel Clinic 4-6 weeks before travelling.

Travel Health Information

Vaccines available:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis A+B
• Typhoid
• Cholera
• Japanese encephalitis
• Meningococcal
• Influenza
• Pneumococcal
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella
• Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis
• Tetanus
• Polio
• Rabies
• Yellow fever
• Varicella (Chicken pox)
• Shingles

We are a designated Yellow Fever Centre.

Areas with risk of Yellow Risk Fever Transmission in South America

Areas with Risk of Yellow Fever Virus Transmission in Africa.

Reference:

http://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/maps/index.html

Malaria prophylaxis available:

• Doxycycline
• Malarone
• Mefloquine

Blood tests available:

• Hepatitis A IgG antibody
• Hepatitis B core total antibody
• Hepatitis B surface antibody
• Hepatitis C antibody screen
• Measles IgG
• Mumps IgG
• Rubella IgG
• Varicella- zoster virus IgG
• HIV Screen
• Mantoux test
• TB Quantiferon
• T-Spot TB 

Vaccines Available:

• Hepatitis A 
• Hepatitis B 
• Typhoid 
• Japanese encephalitis 
• Meningococcal
• Measles, mumps and rubella

​Opening Hours

Monday to Friday:

• 8.30am to 1:00pm

• 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Walk in clinic. Last registration at 12.30pm and 4.30pm. Closed for lunch from 1pm to 2pm and on weekends & public holidays. Appointment is necessary for consultation with doctors.