Travel Vaccinations
If you are planning to travel outside the UK, you may need to be vaccinated against some of the serious diseases found in other parts of the world that you could be exposed to whilst travelling abroad. Travel vaccinations are available to protect you against many travel-related infections, such as Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis A or B, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Meningitis (Hajj and Umrah Vaccination), etc.
Travel Clinic
At Olive Health & Travel Clinic our Specialist Travel Health Nurses can advise you on the travel vaccinations you would require for your destination(s), to ensure you are protected and healthy during your trip. Wherever you are travelling to, we can provide you with a full range of health and travel advice, preventative treatment such as travel vaccines, medicines and products such as antimalaria medicine, insect repellents (DEET and Alcohol free), diarrhoea relief, water purification tablets, etc.
Our Travel Health Nurses administer travel vaccinations and provide antimalarial medicine to both adults and children/paediatrics.
Travel jabs
You can also find out which travel jabs are necessary or recommended for the areas you will be visiting on the official NaTHNaC website TravelHealthPro. You can use the filter search to find information on your specific destination(s) with risk alerts and vaccine recommendations by country. For up to date information on disease outbreaks and incidents worldwide, click here for Outbreak Surveillance.
Your travel itinerary and length of stay will better determine the right travel jabs for you, therefore a consultation with one of our travel nurses is essential. Individuals travelling for work purposes receive occupational health advice with appropriate health immunisations in addition to their travel consultation and vaccinations.
Consultations are free of charge, and for our treatment prices please see our Pricing page.
If you are a British traveller and have not had your MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) and Tuberculosis jabs as part of UK’s childhood vaccination programme, we would advise immunisation.
Travel Vaccination Certificates
Some countries require you to have an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) before you enter.
For example, Saudi Arabia requires proof of vaccination against certain types of meningitis for visitors arriving for Hajj Vaccination and Umrah Vaccination, Pakistan requires proof of Polio vaccination if you are planning to stay for over 4 weeks, and many tropical countries in Africa and South America will not accept travellers unless they can prove that they have received the Yellow Fever vaccine.
We provide all necessary certificates with your vaccination.
Anti-Malarials
These come as a course of tablets. The regime will depend on the type of tablets and the length of stay in the malaria risk area. In addition, the area you travel to will determine which type of anti-malarial will work. Our specialist travel health nurses will thoroughly discuss these with you at your appointment.
Cholera
Available as an oral course of two, which lasts for up to 2 years.
Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP)
The DTP vaccine is required every 10 years and is offered as a single dose injection which covers diphtheria, tetanus and polio.
Hepatitis A
2 injections are required for a 25 year protection, ideally 6-12 months apart.
Hepatitis B
For full protection, you will need 3 injections as a course over 6 months.
Accelerated course schedules are available, however the accelerated courses are not normally recommended for individuals requiring the vaccine for occupational health purposes.
A blood test is normally scheduled 4 weeks after the last dose to confirm proof of immunity for employers. Please visit our Blood Tests page for more information.
Japanese Encephalitis
Course of two injections 28 days apart. Boosters are required every 1 to 2 years.
Meningitis ACW and Y
A single dose is required every five years.
Certificate of immunisation is required for entry to some countries, for example Hajj Vaccination and Umrah Vaccination pilgrims require proof of immunisation with their visa applications. Certificate of immunisation is valid for 5 years.
Rabies
3 doses over a month on days 1, 7 and then between days 21 and 28.
Tick-borne Encephalitis
Course of 3 doses at month 1, 3 and 5. For accelerated protection, the second dose can be given as little as 14 days after the first. Get your first booster within three years, then every 3 to 5 years.
Typhoid
Single dose required every 3 years.
Yellow Fever
Single dose given once in a lifetime. A certificate of immunisation is required for entry to some countries and is valid from the 10th day of vaccination.
We keep a complete manual and electronic record of each vaccination given. In the event of a lost certificate we can trace our records and reissue another certificate at a small cost without the need of another vaccination.
Update as of 6th, August 2022: We have limited availability for this vaccination, so its recommended to book them soon
Olive Health & Travel is a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre and has been authorised by NaTHNaC (as the regulatory body for England, Wales and Northern Ireland), to administer yellow fever vaccine in accordance with International Health Regulations (2005).